Open AccessWork Activity in Pregnancy, Preventive Measures, and the Risk of Delivering a Small-for-Gestational-Age Infant
Author(s) -
Agathe Croteau,
Sylvie Marcoux,
Chantal Brisson
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.058552
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , odds ratio , odds , small for gestational age , obstetrics , environmental health , demography , gestation , pediatrics , logistic regression , genetics , pathology , sociology , biology
We undertook a case-control study to evaluate whether some occupational conditions during pregnancy increase the risk of delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant and whether taking measures to eliminate these conditions decreases that risk.