Open AccessPregnancy outcome for women working in laboratories in some of the pharmaceutical industries in Sweden.
Author(s) -
Evert Hansson,
Sten Jansa,
Heide Wande,
Bëngt Källén,
Eric Östlund
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.2623
Subject(s) - pregnancy , miscarriage , obstetrics , medicine , fetus , demography , biology , sociology , genetics
The pregnancy outcome of laboratory employees in three pharmaceutical in Sweden studied with interviews, postal questionnaires, and register studies. The total material shows only a slightly increased miscarriage rate and normal perinatal mortality and malformation rates. Subdivision into two types of laboratory work, "chemical" and "other," revealed a significant difference, with an increased perinatal death rate and an increased rate of major malformations in the chemical group. This observation supports earlier findings indicating that work during pregnancy in a chemical laboratory can represent a hazard to the fetus.