Rates and social patterning of household smoking and breastfeeding in contrasting European settings

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 603-610

  Papadimitriou, G ^a   Kotzaeridou, U ^a   Mouratidis, C ^a   Goularas, P ^a   Coe, C ^b   Ganas, A ^c   Spencer, Nick J ^b  

^a Veria District General Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c R and D Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Greece; Infant smoke exposure; Social patterning; UK

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARENTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 23844546256     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2005.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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