Parental and household smoking and the increased risk of bronchitis, bronchiolitis and other lower respiratory infections in infancy: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Respiratory Research

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Jones, Laura L ^a   Hashim, Ahmed ^a   McKeever, Tricia ^a   Cook, Derek G ^b   Britton, John ^a   Leonardi Bee, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MATERNAL SMOKING; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PARENTAL SMOKING; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATERNAL SMOKING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 78650973222     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-12-5     Document Type: Article

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