Exposure misclassification error in studies on prenatal effects of tobacco smoking in pregnancy and the birth weight of children

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 347-357

  Jedrychowski, Wieslaw ^a   Whyatt, Robin M ^b   Cooper, Thomas B ^c   Flak, Elzbieta ^a   Perera, Frederica P ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Exposure misclassification; Pregnancy; Tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

COTININE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLAND; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031947084     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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