Occupational hazards for operating room-based physicians.

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• Personal Author:
  Brown BW Jr. ; Cohen EN ; Himmelberger DU ; Jones RP ; Spence AA
• Description:
  Comparative analysis of data from three large retrospective surveys in the United States and the United Kingdom reaffirms an increased incidence of spontaneous abortion among female physicians working in the operating room. The live born children of female physicians exposed in the operating room also had substantially more congenital abnormalities. Male anesthetists, compared with nonanesthetist physicians, had an increased incidence of hepatic disease; there was also an increased frequency of congenital abnormality in their children. The incidence of spontaneous abortion in wives of male anesthetists and in the rate of cancer among exposed male anesthetists was similar to control. Despite differences in survey methods and analysis, there was remarkable agreement in conclusions to be drawn from the independent studies. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Anesthesia Health Personnel Liver Occupational Health Operating Rooms Safety Sex Characteristics Urogenital Diseases
• Keywords:
  Anesthesiology Congenital-effects Contract-099-73-0003 Doctors Hazards Health-care-personnel Liver-disorders Medical-personnel NIOSH-Contract NIOSH-Publication Operating-rooms Physiological-effects Reproductive-system-disorders Sex-factors Surgeons

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• ISSN:
  0098-7484
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  238
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00072972
• Citation:
  JAMA 1977 Aug; 238(9):955-959
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. Cohen, Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of the American Medical Association
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184198/cdc_184198_DS1.pdf
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