Open AccessInfluence of heavy agricultural work during pregnancy on birthweight in northeast Brazil
Author(s) -
Marcelo de Oliveira Lima,
Sahar A. Ismail,
Ann Ashworth,
Saul S. Morris
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/28.3.469
Subject(s) - pregnancy , agriculture , environmental health , medicine , work (physics) , obstetrics , geography , biology , engineering , genetics , archaeology , mechanical engineering
Women in developing countries often continue their agricultural work during late pregnancy. Whether this adversely affects birthweight is not clear from previous studies as few controlled for confounding factors. This study seeks to clarify this issue.
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