ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2009
Paternal and maternal exposure to welding fumes and metal dusts or fumes and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
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- Early life inhalation exposure to mine tailings dust affects lung development.Toxicology and applied pharmacology · 2019Article
- Paternal Environmental Toxicant Exposure and Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes.Current obstetrics and gynecology reports · 2019Article
- Industrial air pollution and low birth weight: a case-control study in Texas, USA.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018Article
- Sexually Dimorphic Impact of Chromium Accumulation on Human Placental Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2018Article
- Toxicity of formulants and heavy metals in glyphosate-based herbicides and other pesticides.Toxicology reports · 2018Article
- Prenatal chromium exposure and risk of preterm birth: a cohort study in Hubei, China.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Chromium VI - Induced developmental toxicity of placenta is mediated through spatiotemporal dysregulation of cell survival and apoptotic proteins.Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) · 2017Article
- Editor's Highlight: Exposure to CrVI during Early Pregnancy Increases Oxidative Stress and Disrupts the Expression of Antioxidant Proteins in Placental Compartments.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2017Article
- Maternal blood lead concentrations, DNA methylation ofEnvironmental epigenetics · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe assessed whether paternal exposure prior to conception and maternal exposure during pregnancy to welding fumes (WF) and metal dusts or fumes (MD/F) independently and jointly increases the risk of preterm delivery, low birth weight, and small-for-gestational age.
methodsThe study population was selected from The Finnish Prenatal Environment and Health Study of 2,568 newborns (response rate 94%) and included 1,670 women who worked during pregnancy of which 68 were exposed either to WF and/or MD/F.
resultsThe risk of SGA was related to maternal exposure to WF only (adjusted OR = 1.78; 95% CI 0.53-5.99), MD/F only (adjusted OR = 1.77; 95% CI 0.38-8.35) and both exposures (2.92; 1.26-6.78). The corresponding effect estimates for preterm delivery were 2.66 (0.32-22.08), 5.64 (1.14-27.81) and for birth weight below 3,000 g 3.79 (1.09-13.19), 1.85 (0.56-6.14) and 1.70 (0.70-4.15), respectively. There was some suggestive, inconsistent evidence that the risk of preterm delivery and SGA is related to paternal exposure to WF.
conclusionsThe present results provide evidence that maternal exposure to WF or MD/F combination during pregnancy may reduce fetal growth and suggestive evidence that paternal exposure to WF may increase the risk of preterm delivery and small-for-gestational age. The small number of exposed women and the lack of data for exposure concentrations suggest the need for further study to verify our findings.
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