The effect of adverse childhood experience on the health of current smokers : 2012 North Carolina Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey / Harry W. B. Herrick, Anna E. Austin.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are stressful or traumatic events experienced before age 18 such as physical abuse or witnessing domestic violence. Research has shown that nicotine addiction, as manifested in early initiation of smoking and heavy smoking, is strongly associated with an increase in the number of ACE exposures. The objective of this study was to measure the additional risk posed by ACE exposures on poor health outcomes among current smokers.
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- Physical Description: 1 online resource (12 pages) : illustrations
- Publisher: [Raleigh] : Department of Health and Human Services, State Center for Health Statistics, [2014]
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| General Note: | "May 2014." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 9-10). |
| System Details Note: | System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader ; current access available via PURL. |
| Source of Description Note: | Title from PDF caption (viewed on October 8, 2014). |
