Young mothers and smoking: evidence of an evidence gap

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1546-1549

  McDermott, Elizabeth ^a   Graham, Hilary ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Qualitative; Smoking; Systematic review; Teenage mothers; UK

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH WORK; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MOTHERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING CESSATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746291826     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.03.025     Document Type: Article

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