Is swimming during pregnancy a safe exercise?

Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-258

  Juhl, Mette ^a   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,b,c,d,e   Andersen, Per Kragh ^f   Andersen, Anne Marie Nybo ^g   Olsen, Jørn ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOL;

BICYCLING; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOLS;

EID: 77249129843     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181cb6267     Document Type: Article

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