Association of rotating shiftwork with preterm births and low birth weight among never smoking women textile workers in China

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• Personal Author:
  Christiani, David C. ; Ding M ; Li B ; Xu X
• Description:
  Reproductive health data were collected for a sample of 1,035 married nonsmoking women workers in three textile mills in Anhui, China. Over two thirds of the workers were on rotating workshifts with an 8 day cycle during their pregnancy, providing an opportunity to examine the effects of these cycles on preterm birth and birth weight. These women worked an 8 day cycle with shift changes every 2 days throughout their pregnancy. Mean gestational age was 38.8 and 39.0 weeks for shift and regular schedule workers, respectively. The mean birth weights were 3248 grams and 3338 grams for rotating shift workers and regular schedule workers, respectively. The proportions of preterm birth and low birth weight, respectively, were 20% and 9% for shift workers and 15% and 6% for regular schedule workers. This association remained significant when the analysis was restricted to production workers or first order live births. The authors conclude that there was a significant association of rotating shiftwork with low birth weight and preterm birth in a sample of women textile workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Body Weight Epidemiology Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Shift Work Schedule Textile Industry Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System

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• Keywords:
  Body-weight Humans NIOSH-Grant NIOSH-Publication Pulmonary-system-disorders Reproductive-hazards Reproductive-system-disorders Risk-factors Shift-workers Textile-workers Textiles-industry Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1351-0711
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maine ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  470-474
• Volume:
  51
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00221568
• Citation:
  Occup Environ Med 1994 Jul; 51(7):470-474
• Contact Point Address:
  Environmental Sci & Physiology Harvard School of Public Hlth 665 Huntington Ave Boston, MA 02115
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19870701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20220831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5a8a9c770820af3a0835a2a180b49a7ca7b7ac806a5bbb6d6228075269612ba730fb7c7aede2006bf7342389d03df388d8b2aa6ffa989437bd9be73b83563eb1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/204208/cdc_204208_DS1.pdf
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