The phrase "an effect on infant" is not correct in written English.
It should be "an effect on infants" to refer to the plural form.
Example: "The study aimed to investigate the potential effects of the new vaccine on infants."
Alternatives: "an impact on infants" or "a consequence for infants."
Other peptides with antioxidant, immunomodulatory, and antimicrobial activities were frequently found, which could have an effect on infant health.
Similarly, tobacco exposure during pregnancy has an effect on infant birth weight that demonstrates a steeper slope at lower levels of exposure (England et al. 2001).
When comparing the four groups of infants, maternal HIV infection only had an effect on infant TNF-α and granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor responses in the presence of maternal Mtb sensitization (Fig. 1).
The first to demonstrate an effect on infant weight status was our pilot study, The SLeeping and Intake Methods Taught to Infants and Mothers Early in life study (SLIMTIME) [ 71].
The low prevalence of maternal CMD that we observed postnatally would also have reduced the study power to detect an effect on infant undernutrition, potentially leading to type II error.
Unhygienic practices and poor infection control have also been shown to influence maternal mortality, which in turn will have an effect on infant mortality, as evidence shows that children who lose their mother are 10 times more likely to die before their second birthday [ 8, 27].
13 14 One qualitative study 15 and one randomised controlled study 16 also indicate that acupuncture has an effect on infants' crying.
Again, because animals fed huge doses of the chemical experienced ill effects, and because minuscule amounts can leach into the contents of plastic cups and bottles when they are heated, warnings about an effect on infants and children (guaranteed to have the most potent effect on parents) have been trumpeted in the media.
Evidence for a causal effect of air pollution on morbidity and mortality is strong for adults, and evidence is building that air pollution has an effect on infants and young children and a potential impact during the fetal period [ 19].
It is not hard to imagine that a Botoxed parent with diminished facial expression might elicit a different response from her infant and that this could have an effect on mother-infant bonding.
The letter stated that the study did have an effect on which infants died and which developed blindness, and that those risks were not properly communicated to the parents, depriving them of information needed to decide whether to participate.
