Pregnant Women with Long Commutes to Work at Increased Risk for Adverse Birth Outcomes

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 08:31 in Health & Medicine

In a study published in Economics & Human Biology, researchers from Lehigh University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that pregnant women who commute long-distance to work have an increased risk of adverse birth outcomes, including having babies born at a low-birth weight. The study is the first to examine the impact of long-distance commuting during pregnancy on […]

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