Living on the edge of being overstretched-A Norwegian qualitative study of employed pregnant women

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 533-551

  Alstveit, Marit ^a   Severinsson, Elisabeth ^b   Karlsen, Bjørg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; TIME MANAGEMENT; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77952407205     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399331003611459     Document Type: Article

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