Relationship between Occupational Lead Exposure and Spontaneous Abortion / 环境与健康杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze and evaluate the relationship between occupational lead exposure and spontaneous abortion.Methods The papers on the relationship of occupational exposure to lead and spontaneous abortion of female workers published in Chinese in 1991-2007 were searched by using computer and manual search,after strict selection,the homogeneity test and integrated analysis for the abstracted data of the eligible studies were conducted by using Rev.Man Statistic Software.The combined RR value was used as the total effect target of each project of meta-analysis.Results In total,14 original researches were included(totally 4 330 subjects and 11 970 controls),compared with the control,the occupational exposure to lead was significantly associated with spontaneous abortion(RR=2.83,95% CI1.97-4.07)(P