Maternal cigarette smoking and invasive meningococcal disease: a cohort study among young children in metropolitan Atlanta, 1989-1996.
Author(s) -
H. Yusuf,
Roger Rochat,
Wendy Baughman,
Paul Gargiullo,
Bradley A. Perkins,
Mia Brantley,
D. S. Stephens
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.89.5.712
Subject(s) - medicine , meningococcal disease , cohort study , risk factor , pregnancy , pediatrics , confidence interval , relative risk , cohort , birth certificate , epidemiology , environmental health , demography , neisseria meningitidis , population , sociology , biology , bacteria , genetics
This study assessed the association between maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy and the risk of invasive meningococcal disease during early childhood.
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