Are time-trends of smoking among pregnant immigrant women in Sweden determined by cultural or socioeconomic factors.docVIP

Moussa et al. BMC Public Health 2010, 10:374 /1471-2458/10/374 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Are time-trends of smoking among pregnant Research article immigrant women in Sweden determined by cultural or socioeconomic factors? Kontie M Moussa*1, P-O Ostergren?1, Frida Eek?2 and Anton E Kunst?3 Abstract Background: The widening socioeconomic gap in smoking during pregnancy remains a challenge to the Swedish antenatal care services. However, the influence of cultural factors in explaining the socioeconomic differences in smoking during pregnancy is not clear among the immigrant women. Th