Commentary: Yerushalmy, maternal cigarette smoking and the perinatal mortality crossover paradox

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1378-1381

  Kramer, Michael S ^a,b   Zhang, Xun ^b   WPlatt, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOTE; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SMOKING HABIT; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84913530600     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu164     Document Type: Note

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