Features of infant exposure to tobacco smoke in a cohort study in Tasmania

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-46

  Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^a   Couper, David ^a   Dwyer, Terence ^a  

^a The Menzies Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVIEW; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RISK; SMOKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0030060234     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.1.40     Document Type: Article

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