'I don't think it's risky, but...': Pregnant women's risk perceptions of maternal drinking and smoking

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-35

  Hammer, Raphaël ^a   Inglin, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

maternal drinking; maternal smoking; pregnancy; risk; risk perception; Switzerland; women

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MORALITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SWITZERLAND; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896709746     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2013.863851     Document Type: Article

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