Maternal occupation during pregnancy, birth weight, and length of gestation: combined analysis of 13 European birth cohorts

• Main Authors: Maribel Casas (Author), Sylvaine Cordier (Author), David Martínez (Author), Henrique Barros (Author), Jens Peter Bonde (Author), Alex Burdorf (Author), Nathalie Costet (Author), Ana Cristina dos Santos (Author), Asta Danileviciute (Author), Merete Eggesbø (Author), Mariana F Fernandez (Author), Joelle Fevotte (Author), Ana M García (Author), Regina Gražuleviciene (Author), Eva Hallner (Author), Wojciech Hanke (Author), Manolis Kogevinas (Author), Inger Kull (Author), Pernille Stemann Larsen (Author), Vasiliki Melaki (Author), Christine Monfort (Author), Karl-Christian Nordby (Author), Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen (Author), Evridiki Patelarou (Author), Kinga Polanska (Author), Lorenzo Richiardi (Author), Loreto Santa Marina (Author), Claudia Snijder (Author), Adonina Tardón (Author), Manon van Eijsden (Author), Tanja GM Vrijkotte (Author), Daniela Zugna (Author), Mark Nieuwenhuijsen (Author), Martine Vrijheid (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: We assessed whether maternal employment during pregnancy - overall and in selected occupational sectors - is associated with birth weight, small for gestational age (SGA), term low birth weight (LBW), length of gestation, and preterm delivery in a population-based birth cohort design. ME...