Maternal age, education level and migration: Socioeconomic determinants for smoking during pregnancy in a field study from Turkey
Articles > Article · 2010
Authors: Işıl ERGİN, Hür HASSOY, Feride Bilgehan AKSU TANIK, Gokce ASLAN
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2010, vol 10
Summary
Background: Smoking during pregnancy has been associated with socioeconomic determinants and it is recognized as the most important preventable risk factor for an unsuccessful pregnancy outcome. Turkey has national data on the prevalance of smoking during pregnancy; however there is no data on the characteristics of the high-risk population. This is a field study that aims to identify socioeconomic determinants for smoking during pregnancy as well as differentiating the daily and occasional smokers.