Occupational lifting of heavy loads and preterm birth: A study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 782-788

  Runge, Stine Bjerrum ^a   Pedersen, Jacob Krabbe ^b   Svendsen, Susanne Wulff ^c   Juhl, Mette ^a   Bonde, Jens Peter ^d   Andersen, Anne Marie Nybo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; WORKLOAD;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; LIFTING; PRETERM BIRTH; REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFTING; LOGISTIC MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885834407     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-101173     Document Type: Article

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