The effects of employment while pregnant on health at birth

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 283-302

  Baum, Charles L ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 24144436003     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbi019     Document Type: Review

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