| Document ID (ISN) | 41960 |
| CIS number |
84-1046 |
| Year |
1983 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Title |
Effects of the work environment on reproductive function and foetal development |
| Original title |
Arbetsmiljöns inverkan på fortplantningsförmåga och fosterutveckling [in Swedish] |
| Bibliographic information |
Arbetarskyddsfonden, Box 1122, 111 81 Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 1983. 126p. Illus. 13 ref. |
| Abstract |
Proceedings of a conference held in Malmö (Sweden), 16-17 Nov. 1982. Topics covered: observed cases of reproductive effects and examples of genotoxic substances; metabolic fate of toxic substances in the environment; methodological problems; concrete examples in industry (general effects of contaminants in the workplace on the foetus; miscarriages - survey problems, laboratory staff, nurses exposed to anaesthetic gases; genotoxic risks in the rubber industry); practical problems in the workplace (the pharmaceutical industry, operating theatres, the rubber industry, the lead industry); examples of research in progress in the Nordic countries; TLVs; compensation problems. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
embryotoxic effects; antifertility effects; expectant mothers; genetic effects; harmful substances |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
threshold limit values; rubber industry; Sweden; laboratory work; lead; applied research; abortion; hospitals; pharmaceutical industry; conference; inhalation anaesthetics |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
Antifertility and prenatal effects
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