| Document ID (ISN) | 101054 |
| CIS number |
03-237 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2000 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Wennborg H., Bodin L., Vainio H., Axelsson G. |
| Title |
Pregnancy outcome of personnel in Swedish biomedical research laboratories |
| Bibliographic information |
Apr. 2000, Vol.42, No.4, p.438-446. 51 ref. |
| Abstract |
Reproduction outcomes of female laboratory personnel in Sweden from 1990 to 1994 were investigated in a questionnaire-based study. Controls included personnel in non-laboratory departments. With regard to spontaneous abortions, no risk factors were found for laboratory work in general, but an odds ratio of 2.3 was connected to exposure to chloroform. The odds ratio for high birth weights (corrected for gestational age) in association with the mother's laboratory work was 1.9. The result with regard to spontaneous abortion partly supports previously reported increased risks of miscarriage related to laboratory work with solvents. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
laboratory work; abortion; expectant mothers; women; risk factors |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Sweden; chloroform; frequency rates; questionnaire survey; case-control study; solvents |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Sweden |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the reproductive system
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