Maternal smoking, biofuel smoke exposure and child height-for-age in seven developing countries

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1342-1350

  Kyu, Hmwe Hmwe ^a,b   Georgiades, Katholiki ^a   Boyle, Michael ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofuel smoke; Child height; Cigarette smoking; Multi level modelling; Stunting

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL;

BIOFUEL; CHILD HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEIGHT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKE; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BODY HEIGHT; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HAITI; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; JORDAN; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MOLDOVA; NAMIBIA; NEPAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

AFRICA; ASIA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAMBODIA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREATER ANTILLES; HAITI; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; MOLDOVA; NAMIBIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 70349863398     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp253     Document Type: Article

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