The Effects of Workplace Hazards on Female Reproductive Health

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Many factors can affect a woman's reproductive health and her ability to produce healthy children. We know that the health of an unborn child can suffer if a woman fails to eat right, smokes, or drinks alcohol during pregnancy. However, we know very little about the cause of most reproductive health problems such as infertility, miscarriage, and birth defects. We do know that some workplace hazards can affect a woman's reproductive health, her ability to become pregnant, or the health of her unborn children. This document answers the following questions: What are reproductive hazards for female workers? How does the female reproductive system work? What reproductive problems might be caused by workplace exposures? How are workers and their babies exposed? How are families exposed? How can exposures be prevented? What additional information is available from NIOSH? [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Carbon Disulfide Hazardous Substances Lead Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Radiation Reproduction Safety Teratogens Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System Women

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• Keywords:
  Reproductive-hazards; Reproductive-system-disorders; Women; Lead; Radiation; 2-Methoxyethanol; 2-Ethoxyethanol; Carbon-disulfide; Physiological-effects
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 99-104, 1999 Feb; :1-22
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  23 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000206
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB99-147811
• CAS Registry Number:
  2-Methoxyethanol (CAS RN 109-86-4) ; Carbon disulfide (CAS RN 75-15-0) ; Glycol monoethyl ether (CAS RN 110-80-5) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:256c163514058fc09381b561f3554ddf1e8d9d6c8b2aecd9ee4bb38b2e094070d3823148abe6b0eac4ace3cc4378ae392f9d61a8237193a18313ed56a243ec5a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11105/cdc_11105_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 295.69 KB ]