Shift work and adverse pregnancy outcomes: Comments on a recent meta-analysis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 378-

  Rocheleau, C M ^a   Lawson, C C ^a   Whelan, E A ^a   Rich Edwards, J W ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; HUMAN; LETTER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL BIAS; SHIFT WORKER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84855884383     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03211.x     Document Type: Letter

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