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Document ID (ISN)65552
CIS number 95-2085
Year 1994
Convention or series no. Ricerche e formazione 2
Author(s) Alaura C., Scala D.
Centro regionale di documentazione per la prevenzione ambientale e del lavoro (CEDOC)
Title Work and pregnancy
Original title Lavoro e gravidanza [in Italian]
Bibliographic information Regione Toscana Giunta Regionale, Via dei Servi 51, 50122 Firenze, Italy, 1994. 188p. Bibl.ref.
Abstract Contents of this monograph devoted to the study of the relationship between work and pregnancy: the legislative framework (ILO Conventions, EEC Directives, Italian national and regional laws and regulations); statistics on reproductive health in the population (with particular attention to the Tuscany Region in Italy); relevant research projects in Italy (traces of chlorinated hydrocarbons in mother's milk, medical and sociodemographic characteristics of women seeking abortions, the multi-centre EUROCAT study of exposures and pregnancy, lead levels in pregnant women, factors in repeated cases of spontaneous abortion); reproductive health in working women: physiology of pregnancy and increased susceptibility to occupational hazards, reproductive pathologies (infertility, spontaneous abortion, foetal malformations, childhood cancers); classification of reproductory risk factors (including list of substances classified as teratogenic by the EC); hazards and pathologies of pregnancy (infections, noise, vibration, organic solvents, metals, pesticides); profile on hazards in various occupations (incl. information on transfer to other jobs for the duration of the pregnancy); training and information of workers. In appendices: texts of Italian and EC legislative texts for the protection of pregnant women at work.
Descriptors (primary) antifertility effects; Italy; expectant mothers; women; Tuscany
Descriptors (secondary) European Communities; noise; metals; vibration; teratogens; law; organic solvents; cancer; statistics; list of chemical substances; legislation; pesticides
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceItaly
Subject(s) Occupational physiology
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
Antifertility and prenatal effects