Smoking among low-income pregnant women: An ethnographic analysis

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 748-764

  Nichter, Mimi ^a   Nichter, Mark ^a   Muramoto, Myra ^a   Adrian, Shelly ^a   Goldade, Kate ^a   Tesler, Laura ^a   Thompson, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Harm reduction; Pregnancy; Qualitative data; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MORALS; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 35548993176     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106290397     Document Type: Article

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