Job control, substantive complexity, and risk for low birth weight and preterm delivery: An analysis from a state birth registry

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 664-675

  Meyer, John D ^a,b   Warren, Nicholas ^a   Reisine, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b MC 6210 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Job control; Pregnancy outcomes; Work organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JOB DESCRIPTION; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34548625547     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20496     Document Type: Article

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