Preterm birth and prenatal maternal occupation: The role of hispanic ethnicity and nativity in a population-based sample in Los Angeles, California

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Von Ehrenstein, Ondine S ^a   Wilhelm, Michelle ^a   Wang, Anthony ^a   Ritz, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893467197     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301457     Document Type: Article

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