The association of shift work and nitrous oxide exposure in pregnancy with birth weight and gestational age

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 429-436

  Bodin, Lennart ^a,c   Axelsson, Gösta ^b   Ahlborg Jr , Gunnar ^a  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Dept of Occup and Environ Med ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Gestational age; Midwife; Nitrous oxide; Pregnancy dependence; Preterm birth; Shift work

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SHIFT WORKER; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032999560     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199907000-00015     Document Type: Article

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