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Am J Ind Med ; 28(6): 639-59, 1995 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8588555

RESUMO

This study tested the hypothesis that fabrication room (fab) work in the silicon-based semiconductor industry is associated with an increased risk of spontaneous abortion (SAB). The study was conducted nationwide at 14 companies representing a spectrum of large to small manufacturers. A small increase in risk of SAB was observed among fab workers compared with nonfabrication room (nonfab) workers in two cohorts, historical (adjusted RR = 1.43, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.95-2.09) and prospective (adjusted RR = 1.25, 95% CI = 0.63-1.76). Analysis of specific fab exposures in the historical cohort showed a consistent, dose-response association of SAB with photoresist and developer solvents, whose major component was ethylene-based glycol ethers. The consistency of our findings and the toxicological data for these agents suggest that this is a causal association. Independent associations of SAB with self-reported stress and with etching fluorides were observed and require further research. No significant decrease in fertility was observed among men or women working in fabs, but reduced fecundability was suggested for some women fab workers.


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Aborto Espontâneo/induzido quimicamente , Exposição Ocupacional , Saúde Ocupacional , Semicondutores , Adolescente , Adulto , Etilenoglicóis , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Gravidez , Silicones , Solventes
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Am J Ind Med ; 28(6): 883-911, 1995 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8588571

RESUMO

A variety of methods were used to address communication problems in the Semiconductor Health Study (SHS). The diverse employee population required investigators to consider language, ethnic, and cultural differences in planning and implementing the study design. Studies of reproductive health in the workplace raise special concerns, including the critical need to preserve confidentiality and privacy of subjects. Notification of results of epidemiological studies reporting workplace hazards requires sensitivity to needs of workers. SHS investigators directly communicated overall results of this multicomponent study to participating employees at all sites and notified subjects of results of individual industrial hygiene monitoring and endocrine hormone assays.


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Comunicação , Métodos Epidemiológicos , Saúde Ocupacional , Semicondutores , Cultura , Humanos
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Occup Med ; 9(3): 541-9, 1994.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7831595

RESUMO

At present, workplace policies regarding reproductive hazards are not regulated directly, and inappropriate policies are occasionally corrected by legal actions or union pressures on the employers. Further, information on reproductive hazards is incomplete; however, employees have a legal right to know available information about hazards, including reproductive hazards, that they face in the workplace. Occupational health personnel play a major role in communicating information about reproductive hazards in the workplace and in implementing company policy and complying with legislation. Regulatory and case law likely will continue to evolve as many issues related to safety from reproductive hazards in the workplace have not yet been resolved.


Assuntos
Exposição Ocupacional , Saúde Ocupacional , Reprodução , Ética Médica , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Exposição Materna , Saúde Ocupacional/legislação & jurisprudência , Exposição Paterna , Local de Trabalho
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