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Maternal occupational exposure and risk of specific birth defects

Author(s) -

Ane Marie Thulstrup,

Jens Peter Bonde

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

occupational medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1471-8405

pISSN - 0962-7480

DOI - 10.1093/occmed/kql115

Subject(s) - pregnancy , medicine , abortion , obstetrics , teratology , neural tube defect , offspring , fetus , urinary system , occupational exposure , risk factor , environmental health , pathology , genetics , biology , endocrinology

Gregg identified the teratogenic effect of maternal rubella infection in 1941 and since then there has been a focus on risk factors for birth defects. In nearly 70% of all birth defects, there is still no known risk factor and close to 30% of all pregnancies end in a foetal loss or spontaneous abortion, often because of a defect in the foetus. A large percentage of the workforce consists of women of reproductive age.

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