Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 7 , Pages 511-513 , July 2009

Why are multiparous women more likely to smoke? New data from the German Perinatal Quality Survey from 2006

  • S. Schneider

      Affiliations

    • Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Mannheim Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, D-68167 Mannheim, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 621 383 9917; fax: +49 621 383 9920.
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  • B. Hoeft

      Affiliations

    • Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Mannheim Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, D-68167 Mannheim, Germany
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  • H. Maul

      Affiliations

    • Women's Hospital, Kath. Marienkrankenhaus, Hamburg, Germany
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  • B. Fischer

      Affiliations

    • Bundesgeschäftsstelle Qualitätssicherung GmbH BQS, Düsseldorf, Germany
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  • N. Freerksen

      Affiliations

    • Women's Hospital, Kath. Marienkrankenhaus, Hamburg, Germany

Received 23 April 2009 ,Revised 14 May 2009 ,Accepted 8 June 2009.

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PII: S0033-3506(09)00158-9

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.06.003

Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 7 , Pages 511-513 , July 2009

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