Occupational lifting during pregnancy and child's birth size in a large cohort study

• Main Authors: Mette Juhl (Author), Pernille Stemann Larsen (Author), Per Kragh Andersen (Author), Susanne Wulff Svendsen (Author), Jens Peter Bonde (Author), Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen (Author), Katrine Strandberg-Larsen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: It has been suggested that the handling of heavy loads during pregnancy is associated with impaired fetal growth. We examined the association between quantity and frequency of maternal occupational lifting and the child's size at birth, measured by weight, length, ponderal index, sm...