Women's work and preterm birth: Epidemiological knowledge and description of a European project

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-180

  Saurel Cubizolles, M J ^b   Di Renzo, G C ^a   Breart G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

European survey; Preterm birth; Women's occupation; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000358371     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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