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ArticleBritish journal of industrial medicine1989

Outcome of pregnancy in relation to irregular and inconvenient work schedules.

G Axelsson, R Rylander, I Molin

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Article in British journal of industrial medicine, 1989. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  15. Pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium outcomes in female firefighters in Korea.Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2020
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  18. Reproductive Health Concerns Among Female Firefighters.International fire service journal of leadership and management · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

G AxelssonDepartment of Environmental Hygiene, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
R Rylander
I Molin

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The relation between irregular and inconvenient working hours and the outcome of pregnancy was studied among women employed at a hospital in Sweden some time between 1980 and 1984. A questionnaire was distributed to 807 women; 81% replied. The pregnancies were divided into six groups with respect to work schedules during pregnancy. A slightly, but not significantly, increased risk of miscarriage was found in women who worked irregular hours or rotating shifts compared with women who worked only during the day (RR = 1.44, 95% confidence interval 0.83-2.51). Infants of non-smoking mothers who worked irregular hours had significantly lower birth weights than infants of non-smoking women working day time only. This difference was largest at birth order 2+. Similar results were found for infants of this birth order whose non-smoking mothers worked evenings or rotating shift.

Indexed as

WomenWomen, WorkingWorkWork Schedule ToleranceAbortion, SpontaneousCoffeeFemaleHumansInfant, Low Birth WeightInfant, NewbornPersonnel, HospitalPregnancyRisk FactorsSmokingSwedenCoffee

Identifiers

PMID2818973
PMCPMC1009792

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