Mothers' health and work-related factors at 11 weeks postpartum

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 519-527

  McGovern, Pat ^a   Dowd, Bryan ^a   Gjerdingen, Dwenda ^b   Dagher, Rada ^d   Ukestad, Laurie ^a   McCaffrey, David ^a   Lundberg, Ulf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NONE

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRENATAL PERIOD; PUERPERIUM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINNESOTA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARENTAL LEAVE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37049033646     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.751     Document Type: Article

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