Occupational lifting of heavy loads and preterm birth: a study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

Stine Bjerrum Runge; Jacob Krabbe Pedersen; Susanne Wulff Svendsen; Mette Juhl; Jens Peter Bonde; Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen

doi:10.1136/oemed-2012-101173

Occupational lifting of heavy loads and preterm birth: a study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

Stine Bjerrum Runge, Jacob Krabbe Pedersen, Susanne Wulff Svendsen, Mette Juhl, Jens Peter Bonde, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen

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Abstract

To examine the association between occupational lifting during pregnancy and preterm birth. The risk of preterm birth was estimated for total burden lifted per day and number of medium and heavy loads lifted per day.

Original language	English
Journal	Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Volume	70
Issue number	11
Pages (from-to)	782-8
Number of pages	7
ISSN	1351-0711
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2012-101173
Publication status	Published - Nov 2013

Keywords

Adult
Cohort Studies
Denmark
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Lifting
Logistic Models
Occupational Exposure
Odds Ratio
Pregnancy
Premature Birth
Proportional Hazards Models
Self Report
Young Adult

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