Maternal smoking as a confounder in studies of air pollution and infant mortality [1]

Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 592-593

  Darrow, Lyndsey A ^a   Woodruff, Tracey J ^b   Parker, Jennifer D ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN DEATH; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 33747096943     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000229951.26189.27     Document Type: Letter

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