| Document ID (ISN) | 109925 |
| CIS number |
09-825 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2009 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Axmon A., Rylander L. |
| Title |
Birth weight and fetal growth in infants born to female hairdressers and their sisters |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar. 2009, Vol.66, No.3, p.198-204. Illus. 50 ref. |
| Abstract |
The objective of this study was to investigate birth weight and foetal growth of infants born to female hairdressers, while controlling for intergenerational effects and effects related to exposures. A cohort of women who had attended vocational schools for hairdressers in Sweden was compared to a group comprising their sisters with respect to birth weight and foetal growth (measured as small for gestational age or large for gestational age, respectively) in their infants. The study involved 6223 infants born to 3137 hairdressers and 8388 infants born to 3952 hairdressers' sisters. Among the infants born to the hairdressers' sisters, the distribution of birth weights were wider than that among the infants born to the hairdressers. The implications of these and other findings are discussed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Sweden; children; body weight; expectant mothers; hairdressing |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
parental exposure; statistical evaluation; cohort study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Sweden |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Hairdressing & beauty parlours
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