A citywide smoking ban reduced maternal smoking and risk for preterm births: A colorado natural experiment

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 621-627

  Page, Robert Lee ^a,b   Slejko, Julia F ^a   Libby, Anne M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITYWIDE SMOKING BAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL SMOKING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CITIES; COLORADO; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LIFE STYLE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84862221958     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2011.3305     Document Type: Article

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