Does maternal smoking during pregnancy have a direct effect on future offspring obesity? Evidence from a prospective birth cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 317-325

  Al Mamun, Abdullah ^a   Lawlor, Debbie A ^b   Alati, Rosa ^a   O'Callaghan, Michael J ^c   Williams, Gail M ^a   Najman, Jake M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MATER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight; Pregnancy; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL SMOKING; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 33748071433     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj209     Document Type: Article

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