Abstract | OBJECTIVES: METHODS: Information on miscarriages and stillbirths was collected retrospectively by a self-administered questionnaire in a cohort of fishermen's wives from the Swedish east coast (by the Baltic Sea) and in a referent cohort of west coast fishermen's wives. Current fish consumption was used as a proxy for exposure within the east coast cohort. RESULTS: No increase in miscarriages or stillbirths was found in the east coast cohort compared with the west coast group, in fact a decrease in early miscarriages was found (OR 0.48 [95% CI 0.26-0.92]). Moreover, no increase in risk was found for current high consumers of fatty fish within the east coast cohort. CONCLUSIONS: The present data provided no evidence that dietary POC exposure increases miscarriage and stillbirth rates.
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Authors | A Axmon, L Rylander, U Strömberg, L Hagmar |
Journal | International archives of occupational and environmental health
(Int Arch Occup Environ Health)
Vol. 73
Issue 3
Pg. 204-8
(Apr 2000)
ISSN: 0340-0131 [Print] Germany |
PMID | 10787136
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
- Insecticides
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Topics |
- Abortion, Spontaneous
(chemically induced, epidemiology)
- Animals
- Cohort Studies
- Diet
- Female
- Fetal Death
(chemically induced, epidemiology)
- Fishes
- Food Contamination
- Humans
- Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
- Insecticides
(adverse effects, blood)
- Life Style
- Pregnancy
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Sweden
(epidemiology)
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