Paid work, domestic work, and other determinants of pregnancy outcome in Ibadan, southwest Nigeria

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-170

  Omokhodion, Folashade O ^a,b   Onadeko, Modupe O ^a   Roberts, Olumuyiwa A ^a   Beach, Jeremy R ^b   Burstyn, Igor ^b,c   Cherry, Nicola M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse pregnancy outcome; Domestic work; Low birth weight; Nigeria; Occupational risk; Preterm birth; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFTING EFFORT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NIGERIA; NULLIPARA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STILLBIRTH; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77957797423     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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