| Document ID (ISN) | 70233 |
| CIS number |
97-1977 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0962-7480 - Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1997 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Elghany N.A., et al. |
| Title |
Occupational exposure to inorganic mercury vapour and reproductive outcomes |
| Bibliographic information |
Aug. 1997, Vol.47, No.6, p.333-336. 15 ref. |
| Abstract |
Pregnancy outcomes were investigated among 46 women production workers exposed to inorganic mercury vapour and 19 unexposed controls. There were 104 recorded pregnancies during the period 1948-1977. A higher frequency of adverse reproductive outcomes, especially congenital abnormalities, was observed among women exposed to inorganic mercury at levels at, or substantially lower than, 0.6mg/m3; no significant differences in stillbirth or miscarriage rates were noted between the two groups. The increased risk observed was not statistically significant. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
antifertility effects; expectant mothers; mercury |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; complications of pregnancy; teratogenic effects; long-term study; cohort study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
Antifertility and prenatal effects
Mercury and compounds
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