Open AccessPregnancy outcomes among female dental personnel – a registry-based retrospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Ingrid Heggland,
Ågot Irgens,
Mette Christophersen Tollånes,
Pål Richard Romundstad,
Tore Syversen,
Kristin Svendsen,
Inger Melø,
Bjørn Hilt
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.3175
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , obstetrics , cohort , population , cohort study , gestational age , low birth weight , birth weight , pediatrics , environmental health , genetics , biology
The aim of this study was to investigate whether women who have worked as dental personnel in Norway, a group with possible previous exposure to mercury vapor, have had an excess risk of having children with congenital malformations or other adverse pregnancy outcomes compared to the general population.