Pregnant workers - A physician's guide to assessing safe employment

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 86-92

  Feinberg, Jason S ^a,c   Kelley, Charles R ^b  

^a Beaufort Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b STRAUB CLINIC AND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CIVIL RIGHTS; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARENTAL LEAVE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREJUDICE; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0031936621     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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