Occupational physical activities, working hours and outcome of pregnancy: Findings from the Southampton Women's Survey

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 685-690

  Bonzini, M ^a   Coggon, D ^b   Godfrey, K ^b   Inskip, H ^b   Crozier, S ^b   Palmer, Keith T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STANDING; WALKING; WORKING TIME;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CEPHALOMETRY; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349376805     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.043935     Document Type: Article

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