Parental smoking and childhood obesity: Higher effect estimates for maternal smoking in pregnancy compared with paternal smoking-a meta-analysis

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1593-1606

  Riedel, Christina ^a   Schönberger, Katharina ^a   Yang, Seungmi ^b   Koshy, Gibby ^c   Chen, Yang Ching ^d,e   Gopinath, Bamini ^f   Ziebarth, Stephanie ^a   von Kries, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Household smoking; Maternal smoking; Meta analysis; Obesity; Overweight; Paternal smoking

Indexed keywords

META-ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; EMBASE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MATERNAL OBESITY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATERNAL SMOKING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; WEB OF SCIENCE; ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84913582752     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu150     Document Type: Article

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