Open AccessTobacco Use and Secondhand Smoke Exposure During Pregnancy: An Investigative Survey of Women in 9 Developing Nations
Author(s) -
Michele Bloch,
Fernando Althabe,
Marie Onyamboko,
Christine Kaseba-Sata,
Eduardo E. Castilla,
Sálvio Freire,
Ana Garcés,
Sailajanandan Parida,
Shivaprasad S. Goudar,
Muhammad Masood Kadir,
Norman Goco,
Jutta Thornberry,
Magdalena Daniels,
Janet Bartz,
Tyler Hartwell,
Nancy Moss,
Robert L. Goldenberg
Publication year - 2008
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.2007.117887
Subject(s) - smokeless tobacco , environmental health , medicine , secondhand smoke , tobacco use , latin americans , developing country , pregnancy , economic growth , population , political science , biology , law , economics , genetics
We examined pregnant women's use of cigarettes and other tobacco products and the exposure of pregnant women and their young children to secondhand smoke (SHS) in 9 nations in Latin America, Asia, and Africa.