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A Qualitative Study of Postpartum Mothers’ Intention to Smoke

  1. Isabelle Von Kohorn MD, PhD,
  2. Stephanie N. Nguyen MD,
  3. Dena Schulman-Green PhD,
  4. Eve R. Colson MD

Article first published online: 9 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2011.00514.x

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Volume 39, Issue 1, pages 65–69, March 2012

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Von Kohorn, I., Nguyen, S. N., Schulman-Green, D. and Colson, E. R. (2012), A Qualitative Study of Postpartum Mothers’ Intention to Smoke. Birth, 39: 65–69. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2011.00514.x

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  1. Isabelle Von Kohorn is a Program Officer at the Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC; Stephanie N. Nguyen is a Resident Physician in the Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California; Dena Schulman-Green is a Research Scientist at the School of Nursing and Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; and Eve R. Colson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America.

*Address correspondence to Eve Colson, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St., P.O. Box 208064, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

  1. The responsibility for the content of this article rests with the authors and does not necessarily represent the views of the Institute of Medicine or its committees.

  2. This study was funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (training grant T32HD07094), Rockville, Maryland; and the American Academy of Pediatrics/Flight Attendants’ Medical Research Institute, Fellowship Award, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, United States of America.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 FEB 2012
  2. Article first published online: 9 JAN 2012
  3. Accepted September 14, 2011

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