Impact of smoke-free legislation on perinatal and infant mortality: A national quasi-experimental study

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Been, Jasper V ^a,b,c,d   Mackay, Daniel F ^e   Millett, Christopher ^f   Pell, Jill P ^e   Van Schayck, Onno C ^b,c   Sheikh, Aziz ^b,c,g,h  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN;

ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING;

EID: 84939427853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep13020     Document Type: Article

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