Abstract
The pharmaceutical industry produces chemicals which are biologically active in humans; consequently, workers occupationally exposed to drugs and intermediates may also be affected. In this chapter a few studies are reviewed which suggest increased health risks due to exposure to drugs, particularly hormones. In other studies, however, reported health effects could not be ascribed to specific drugs. No studies have been found on effects not related to reproduction mainly or exclusively in female workers; the same is true of studies on health risks through lactation.
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Zielhuis, R.L., Stijkel, A., Verberk, M.M., van de Poel-Bot, M. (1984). Pharmaceutical Industry. In: Health Risks to Female Workers in Occupational Exposure to Chemical Agents. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Supplement. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69850-7_14
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