Postpartum health of employed mothers 5 weeks after childbirth

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-167

  McGovern, Pat ^a   Dowd, Bryan ^a   Gjerdingen, Dwenda ^b   Gross, Cynthia R ^c   Kenney, Sally ^d   Ukestad, Laurie ^a   McCaffrey, David ^a   Lundberg, Ulf ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Maternal welfare; Occupational health; Postnatal care; Postpartum period; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUERPERIUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TELEPHONE; TIME; WORKING MOTHER;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645541337     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.519     Document Type: Article

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