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Report on Women Pharmaceutical Workers and Adverse Reproductive Outcomes.

PB84148956

Publication Date	1983
Personal Author	Leffingwell, S. S.; Robinson, C.; Lee, S. T.; Ditzel, C.; Hornung, R.
Page Count	31
Abstract	A reproductive history survey of past and current female employees of pharmaceutical laboratories (SIC-2934) was conducted using a retrospective cohort study design. A total of 191 laboratory workers and 318 comparisons participated in telephone interviews. A panel of physicians classified responses into categories of congenital malformation, perinatal illness, normal physiologic variant, and normal. The authors conclude that there was a significantly higher proportion of congenital malformations among children born to women employed in the laboratory area of a pharmaceutical research facility. The cluster was limited in time and results may have been biased by social and economic traits. In addition, the study was not a randomly selected population, but rather a self reported cluster of miscarriages and stillbirths.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Drug industry Reproductive system Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Laboratories Toxic substances Occupational safety and health SIC 2934
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198409

Report on Women Pharmaceutical Workers and Adverse Reproductive Outcomes.

Report on Women Pharmaceutical Workers and Adverse Reproductive Outcomes.
PB84148956

Publication Date	1983
Personal Author	Leffingwell, S. S.; Robinson, C.; Lee, S. T.; Ditzel, C.; Hornung, R.
Page Count	31
Abstract	A reproductive history survey of past and current female employees of pharmaceutical laboratories (SIC-2934) was conducted using a retrospective cohort study design. A total of 191 laboratory workers and 318 comparisons participated in telephone interviews. A panel of physicians classified responses into categories of congenital malformation, perinatal illness, normal physiologic variant, and normal. The authors conclude that there was a significantly higher proportion of congenital malformations among children born to women employed in the laboratory area of a pharmaceutical research facility. The cluster was limited in time and results may have been biased by social and economic traits. In addition, the study was not a randomly selected population, but rather a self reported cluster of miscarriages and stillbirths.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Drug industry Reproductive system Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Laboratories Toxic substances Occupational safety and health SIC 2934
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198409