Influence of rest during pregnancy on birth weight in working women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 991-996

  Sydsjö, Adam ^a   Brynhildsen, Jan ^a   Selling, Katarina Ekholm ^a   Josefsson, Ann ^a   Sydsjö, Gunilla ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WORKING MOTHER;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; OCCUPATIONS; PARENTAL LEAVE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REST; SMOKING; SWEDEN; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 33646820062     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000209194.63221.4d     Document Type: Article

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