Work activity in pregnancy, preventive measures, and the risk of delivering a small-for-gestational-age infant

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 846-855

  Croteau, Agathe ^a,c   Marcoux, Sylvie ^b   Brisson, Chantal ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Public Health Direction   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; NIGHT WORK; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK; SHIFT WORKER; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDING; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORK;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUEBEC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 33646243556     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.058552     Document Type: Article

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