Document ID (ISN) | 108929 |
CIS number |
08-1307 |
ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Year |
2008 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Sallmén M., Neto M., Mayan O.N. |
Title |
Reduced fertility among shoe manufacturing workers |
Bibliographic information |
Aug. 2008, Vol.65, No.8, p.518-524. 38 ref. |
Abstract |
To investigate whether fertility is reduced among female shoe manufacturing workers exposed to solvents, a retrospective study was conducted on time to pregnancy (TTP) among 250 Portuguese shoe manufacturing women workers exposed to solvents and 250 unexposed women working in other sectors. Data on TTP and related factors were collected by means of interviews, and exposure assessment was based on workplace atmosphere sampling. Data were subjected to statistical evaluation. Exposure to solvents was associated with reduced fertility. Overall, the findings provide further evidence that exposure to solvents is hazardous for female reproduction. The observed association may be related to any of the following solvents commonly used in shoe manufacturing: n-hexane and hexane isomers, toluene, methyl ethyl ketone, acetone, ethyl acetate and dichloromethane. |
Descriptors (primary) |
antifertility effects; Portugal; shoe industry; risk factors; women; organic solvents |
Descriptors (secondary) |
dichloromethane; determination in air; ethyl acetate; hexane; 2,2-dimethylbutane; 2-methylpentane; 3-methylpentane; 2,3-dimethylbutane; toluene; smoking; exposure evaluation; case-control study; confounding factors; breathing atmosphere; statistical evaluation; butanone |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | Finland; Portugal |
Subject(s) |
Leather, fur and footwear
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Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology Chemical safety Industries and occupations
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Browse category(ies) |
Antifertility and prenatal effects Footwear, leather and fur industry Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
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