| Document ID (ISN) | 74006 |
| CIS number |
99-1968 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
1997 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Doyle P., Roman E., Beral V., Brookes M. |
| Title |
Spontaneous abortion in dry cleaning workers potentially exposed to perchloroethylene |
| Bibliographic information |
Dec. 1997, Vol.54, No.12, p.848-853. 16 ref. |
| Abstract |
In a retrospective study of women who were currently or previously employed in dry cleaning or laundry units where perchloroethylene (tetrachloroethylene) was used, reproductive characteristics were similar to expectations. Examination of exposure at the time of pregnancy, however, showed that the rate of spontaneous abortion varied according to the type of work the women did during pregnancy or in the three months before conception. Women who worked in dry cleaning at the time of their pregnancy or in the three months before and who described themselves as operators were about half again as likely to report that their pregnancy ended in a spontaneous abortion than women who described themselves as non-operators. Topics: abortion; tetrachloroethylene; cohort study; dry cleaning; exposure evaluation; job-exposure relation; laundering. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
tetrachloroethylene; abortion; laundering; dry cleaning |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
exposure evaluation; job-exposure relation; cohort study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Laundries and dry cleaning
Diseases of the reproductive system
Halogenated hydrocarbons
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