The pregnant health care worker--an evidence-based approach to job assignment and reassignment.
Women of childbearing age must carefully consider the risks and benefits of working in the field of health care prior to becoming pregnant.
Hood
Joyce
J
Occupational Health Services, Cook Children's Health Care System, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
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