Preterm, low-birth-weight deliveries, and farmwork among Latinas in California

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1466-1471

  Bethel, Jeffrey W ^a   Walsh, Julia ^b   Schenker, Marc B ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELIVERY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856488415     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182379fda     Document Type: Article

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