TY - JOUR T1 - Delivery outcome for women working in the pulp and paper industry. JO - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health PY - 1981/6VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 114 EP - 118 AU - Blomqvist, Urban AU - Ericson, Anders AU - Källén, Bengt AU - Westerholm, Peter M3 - doi: 10.5271/sjweh.2558 UR - https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=2558 KW - delivery outcome KW - laboratory work KW - malformation KW - paper industry KW - perinatal death KW - pulp KW - woman KW - working N2 -

A report on unusually many wasted pregnancies among women working at a laboratory in a paper industry gave rise to a cohort study on pregnancy outcome among all women working in the pulp and paper industry in Sweden during 1973--1977. A total of 890 deliveries were identified (899 infants born). The total number of malformed infants or perinatally dead infants was according to expectations. When the material was broken up according to occupation, it was found that, in the group of infants whose mothers worked in laboratories during pregnancy, the rate of malformed infants appeared high. These data, added to previously published data, seem to support the notion that work in laboratories represents a pregnancy hazard.

SN - 0355-3140 ER -