Reproductive Effects of Chemical Exposures in Health Professions

G. Ahlborg; K. Hemminki

DOI:10.1097/00043764-199508000-00012

Corpus ID: 44354713

Reproductive Effects of Chemical Exposures in Health Professions

@article{Ahlborg1995ReproductiveEO,
  title={Reproductive Effects of Chemical Exposures in Health Professions},
  author={G. Ahlborg and K. Hemminki},
  journal={Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine},
  year={1995},
  volume={37},
  pages={957-961}
}

G. Ahlborg, K. Hemminki

Published 1995

Medicine

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Numerous chemical substances are handled by persons working in the health care sector. At exposure levels that may occur in the occupational setting, some of these substances are potentially harmful to the reproductive processes. Among the potentially harmful substances are anesthetic gases, antineoplastic agents, and sterilants. The epidemiological evidence of increased risks for adverse reproductive effects (eg, subfertility, spontaneous abortions, congenital defects) from such exposure is… CONTINUE READING

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