Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 9 , Pages 656-662 , September 2007

Influence of obesity on the use of sickness absence and social benefits among pregnant working women

Received 27 January 2006 ,Revised 19 October 2006 ,Accepted 4 November 2006.

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Public Health
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