'You think that I'm smoking and they're not': Why mothers still smoke in the home

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 641-652

  Robinson, Jude ^a   Kirkcaldy, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caring; Children; Mothers; Passive smoking; Smoking; UK

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL CARE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POVERTY; RESEARCH WORK; SMOKING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLLUTION; POVERTY; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PARENTING; SMOKING; THINKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; MERSEYSIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 34447557925     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.03.048     Document Type: Article

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