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Living on the Edge of Being Overstretched—A Norwegian Qualitative Study of Employed Pregnant Women

Marit Alstveit Department of Health Studies, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
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Elisabeth Severinsson Centre for Women's, Family and Child Health, Vestfold University College, Tønsberg, Norway
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Bjørg Karlsen Department of Health Studies, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
Pages 533-551 | Received 21 Jan 2009, Accepted 19 Dec 2009, Published online: 10 May 2010

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Marit Alstveit, Elisabeth Severinsson & Bjørg Karlsen. (2015) Health Resources and Strategies among Employed Women in Norway during Pregnancy and Early Motherhood. Nursing Research and Practice 2015, pages 1-8.
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Ingrid Randen, Berit Viken & Elisabeth Severinsson. (2014) A health promotion perspective on Norwegian women’s experience of pregnancy and expectations of birth. Nordisk sygeplejeforskning 4:2, pages 101-113.
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Marit Alstveit, Elisabeth Severinsson & Bjørg Karlsen. (2011) Readjusting one’s life in the tension inherent in work and motherhood. Journal of Advanced Nursing 67:10, pages 2151-2160.
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