Health Risks to Female Workers in Occupational Exposure to Chemical Agents

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Reinier L. Zielhuis, Anne Stijkel, Maarten M. Verberk, Maartje van de Poel-Bot

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3. Organic Solvents

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4. Carbon Disulfide

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5. Pesticides

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6. Polychlorobiphenyls and Polybromobiphenyls

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7. Plastic Monomers

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8. Carbon Monoxide

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9. Metals: General Orientation

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10. Inorganic Lead

    • Reinier L. Zielhuis, Anne Stijkel, Maarten M. Verberk, Maartje van de Poel-Bot

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11. Cadmium

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    Pages 67-73

12. Mercury

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    Pages 74-78

13. Operating Room Personnel

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    Pages 79-89

14. Health Care Personnel

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    Pages 90-93

15. Pharmaceutical Industry

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    Pages 94-97

16. Chemical Industry/Laboratories

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    Pages 98-101

17. Rubber Industry

    • Reinier L. Zielhuis, Anne Stijkel, Maarten M. Verberk, Maartje van de Poel-Bot

    Pages 102-108

18. Beauticians—Hairdressers

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    Pages 109-112

19. General Discussion and Conclusions

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20. Appendix: Recent Data

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In 1980 the Directorate-General of Labor, Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, the Netherlands, requested the Coronel Laboratory for Occupational and Environmental Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Amsterdam, to carry out "a critical study of literature on health risks to women from industrial and occupational exposure to chemical agents which are different from risks to male workers, or which have only been observed in female workers. " The principal investigator was Mrs. A. Stijkel, medical biologist; a part of the study was carried out by R. L. Zielhuis, physician. M. M. Verberk, physician, and Mrs. M. v. d. Poel-Bot, librarian, provided continuous assistance. The final report (in Dutch) covering the literature up to and including 1981, was submitted to the government in October 1982. A somewhat abridged and modified English text, updated to include 1982, was prepared. The Editorial Board and the publisher of the International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health kindly made possible the publishing of this text in a special issue of the journal. The authors express their thanks to the Directorate-General of Labor, the Editorial Board and the publisher for making this publication possible. We sincerely hope that this report will be of assistance in making the industrial and occupational environment safer. Prof. Dr. R. L. Zie1huis Table of Contents Introduction 1 1 1. 1 Objective 1 Theoretical Possibilities for Extra Health Risks in Female 1. 2 Workers. 2 1. 2. 1 Differences Between Women and Men Apart from Reproduction .

• Health
• agents
• birth
• child
• environmental health
• placenta
• pregnancy
• reproduction
• sex

• Coronel Laboratorium, Faculteit der Geneeskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Reinier L. Zielhuis, Anne Stijkel, Maarten M. Verberk, Maartje Poel-Bot

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