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Léonard Fourn

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ID8990981
NAMELéonard Fourn
GIVEN NAMESLéonard
FAMILY NAMEFourn
SIGNATUREFOURN L
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Science and Technology of Benin
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX1
  • Determinants of parents' reticence toward vaccination in urban areas in Benin (West Africa)

    Open Access•Léonard Fourn, Slim Haddad et al.•ARTICLE•BMC International Health and…•2009

    BACKGROUND: Despite the efforts of health authorities, vaccination coverage of targeted child populations is still poor in many regions. Parents' reticence has been identified as one cause of this situation. However, there is little data to explain the phenomenon that could support decision-making. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to uncover the determinants of this reticence toward vaccination among the religious population of the citie…

  • Smoking and intrauterine growth retardation in Republic of Benin

    Léonard Fourn, Slobodan Ducic et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Epidemiology and…•1999•Cited by: 1•References: 1

    Use of tobacco by women in Africa is infrequent and mainly confined to cities. It involves cigarette smoking and chewing of tobacco. In Benin, a woman who smokes is considered to be of loose morals. Such social barriers to smoking are more prevalent in rural settings than in cities, but the extent of smoking is not well known. 1 In the city of Cotonou, smoking is becoming increasingly popular and the prevalence of intrauterine growth retardation …

  • Smoking and intrauterine growth retardation in Republic of Benin

    Léonard Fourn, Slobodan Ducic et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Epidemiology and…•1999•Cited by: 1•References: 1

    Use of tobacco by women in Africa is infrequent and mainly confined to cities. It involves cigarette smoking and chewing of tobacco. In Benin, a woman who smokes is considered to be of loose morals. Such social barriers to smoking are more prevalent in rural settings than in cities, but the extent of smoking is not well known. 1 In the city of Cotonou, smoking is becoming increasingly popular and the prevalence of intrauterine growth retardation …

  • Smoking and intrauterine growth retardation in Republic of Benin

    Léonard Fourn, Slobodan Ducic et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Epidemiology and…•1999•Cited by: 1•References: 1

    Use of tobacco by women in Africa is infrequent and mainly confined to cities. It involves cigarette smoking and chewing of tobacco. In Benin, a woman who smokes is considered to be of loose morals. Such social barriers to smoking are more prevalent in rural settings than in cities, but the extent of smoking is not well known. 1 In the city of Cotonou, smoking is becoming increasingly popular and the prevalence of intrauterine growth retardation …

  • Determinants of parents' reticence toward vaccination in urban areas in Benin (West Africa)

    Open Access•Léonard Fourn, Slim Haddad et al.•ARTICLE•BMC International Health and…•2009

    BACKGROUND: Despite the efforts of health authorities, vaccination coverage of targeted child populations is still poor in many regions. Parents' reticence has been identified as one cause of this situation. However, there is little data to explain the phenomenon that could support decision-making. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to uncover the determinants of this reticence toward vaccination among the religious population of the citie…

Environmental health (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (1 work) · Birth, Development, and Health (1 work) · Economic growth (1 work) · Geography (1 work) · Global Maternal and Child Health (1 work) · Growth retardation (1 work) · Gynecology (1 work) · Nursing (1 work)

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