Maternal education, lone parenthood, material hardship, maternal smoking, and longstanding respiratory problems in childhood: Testing a hierarchical conceptual framework

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 842-846

  Spencer, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PARENTHOOD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HEALTH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; POVERTY; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE PARENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 25444479699     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.036301     Document Type: Article

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