Maternal occupational exposure

Cordoer S, Ha M-C, Ayme S, et al. 1992. Maternal occupational exposure and congenital malformations. Scand J Work Environ Health 18 11-17. 

Blatter BM, Roeleveld N, Zielhuis GA, Gabreels FJ, Verbeek AL (1996) Maternal occupational exposure during pregnancy and the risk of spina bifida. Occup Environ Med, 53 80-86. 

Laslo-Baker D, Barrera M, Knittel Keren D, et al. Child neurodevelopmental outcome and maternal occupational exposure to solvents. Arch Pediatr AdolescMed2004 158(10) 956 61. 

In 1999, researchers reported a study of fetal outcome following maternal occupational exposure to common organic solvents in occupations, such as factory workers, laboratory technicians, artists, office workers, and so forth. The data showed that occupational exposure to common organic solvents during pregnancy is associated with a 10-fold increased risk of major fetal malformations.27 This is occupational exposure, not some dramatic accidental acute poisoning. By implication, subtle effects on the fetal nervous system, effects that shape emotional and intellectual behavior, are to be expected after maternal exposure to ambient concentrations of organic solvents ordinarily used in many workplaces. 

Only a minority of epidemiological studies have explored the possible associations between maternal occupational exposures and an elevated risk for a child to develop a malignant disease. 

The following maternal occupational exposures, occupations and industries have been suspected as representing a risk for a childhood cancer on the small scale research in this Held ... 

The Motherisk Program at the Hospital for Sick Children was the first to prospectively evaluate pregnancy and fetal outcome following maternal occupational exposure to organic solvents with malformations being the primary outcome of interest. ... 

D. Laslo-Baker, M. Barrera, D. Knittel-Keren, et al.. Child neurodevelopmental ont-come and maternal occupational exposure to solvents. Arch. Pediatr. Adolesc. Med. 158 (10) (2004) 956-961. 

CHILD NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME AND MATERNAL OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO SOLVENTS... 

EFFECTS OF MATERNAL OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO ORGANIC SOLVENTS ON OFFSPRING VISUAL FUNCTIONING... 

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