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. 1984 May;74(5):499–501. doi: 10.2105/ajph.74.5.499

Fetal loss and work in a waste water treatment plant.

R W Morgan, L Kheifets, D L Obrinsky, M D Whorton, D E Foliart
PMCID: PMC1651604  PMID: 6711728

Abstract

We investigated pregnancy outcomes in 101 wives of workers employed in a waste water treatment plant (WWTP), and verified fetal losses by hospital records. Paternal work histories were compiled and each of the 210 pregnancies was assigned a paternal exposure category. The relative risk of fetal loss was increased when paternal exposure to the WWTP occurred around the time of conception.

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