Changes in Smoking During Pregnancy in Ontario, 1995 to 2010: Results From the Canadian Community Health Survey

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 878-884

  Brown, Hilary K ^a   Wilk, Piotr ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demographics; Pregnancy; Smoking; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925229136     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30436-9     Document Type: Article

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