ACOG COMMITTEE OPINION Number 733: Employment Considerations During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2018, Pages E115-E123

  Jackson, Rebecca ^a   Birsner, Meredith L ^a   Terman, Sharon ^a   Morris, Liz ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; GYNECOLOGIST; HUMAN; INCOME; LACTATION; LAW; LEGAL SERVICE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OBSTETRICIAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RIGHT TO WORK; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85070011867     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002589     Document Type: Article

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