A description of an occupational reproductive health nurse consultant practice and women's occupational exposures during pregnancy

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 365-373

  Hewitt, Jeanne Beauchamp ^a   Tellier, Laurie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WORK;

ADULT; CONSULTANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; NURSE CLINICIANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0030266510     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1996.tb00262.x     Document Type: Article

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