Tobacco Use and Secondhand Smoke Exposure During Pregnancy: An Investigative Survey of Women in 9 Developing Nations

Bloch, Michele; Althabe, Fernando; A. Onyamboko, Marie; Kaseba-Sata, Christine; E. Castilla, Eduardo; Freire, Sálvio; L. Garcés, Ana; Parida, Sailajanandan; S. Goudar, Shivaprasad; Masood Kadir, Muhammad; Goco, Norman; Thornberry, Jutta; Daniels, Magdalena; Bartz, Janet; Hartwell, Tyler; Moss, Nancy; L. Goldenberg, Robert

doi:10.2105/ajph.2007.117887

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Tobacco Use and Secondhand Smoke Exposure During Pregnancy: An Investigative Survey of Women in 9 Developing Nations

Published in American Journal of Public Health • Feb 28, 2008

Authors:

Michele Bloch

Fernando Althabe

Marie A. Onyamboko

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: 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. METHODS: Face-to-face surveys were administered to 7961 pregnant women (more th...

Subject

Smokeless tobacco

Environmental health

Medicine

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