Maternal occupation and adverse pregnancy outcomes: A Finnish population-based study

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 417-423

  Ahmed, Parvez ^a   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Low birth weight; Occupational exposure; Pre term delivery; Small for gestational age; Type of works

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FINLAND; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MINER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OFFICE WORKER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING MOTHER;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 34548498132     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm038     Document Type: Article

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