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Pregnant Women at Work

  • Textbook
  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. Geoffrey Chamberlain

    1. St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, UK

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Current Situation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Women at Work in Pregnancy

      • Geoffrey Chamberlain
      Pages 3-13

    3. The Effect of Work on Placental Function and Fetal Growth

      • Franhk E. Hytten
      Pages 15-25

    4. The Hazards of Work in Pregnancy

      • Robert Murray
      Pages 27-34

    5. Women Workers at Higher Risk of Reproductive Hazards

      • Raja W. Abdul-Karim
      Pages 35-44

    6. Reproductive Hazards of the American Life Style

      • Steven G. Gabbe
      Pages 45-60

    7. Birth Defects and Parental Occupation

      • J. David Erickson
      Pages 61-72

    8. The Epidemiological Identification of Reproductive Hazards

      • Michael E. McDowall
      Pages 73-85

    9. The Effects of Work in Pregnancy: Short- and Long-term Associations

      • Timothy J. Peters, Philippa Adelstein, Jean Golding, Neville R. Butler
      Pages 87-104

    10. Occupational Fatigue and Preterm Birth

      • Nicole Mamelle, Bernard Laumon
      Pages 105-115

    11. The Effect of the Mother’s Work on the Infant

      • Ann Oakley
      Pages 117-132

  3. Teratology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Mechanisms of Teratogenesis: The Extrapolation of the Results of Animal Studies to Man

      • E. Marshall Johnson
      Pages 135-151

    3. What Evidence is Required to Identify a Chemical as a Reproductive Hazard?

      • Donald R. Mattison
      Pages 153-165

    4. Animal and Human Studies in Genetic Toxicology

      • M. S. Legator, J. B. Ward Jr.
      Pages 167-188

  4. Responses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. A Trade Union View of Reproductive Health

      • Sheila McKechnie
      Pages 191-202

    3. A Management View of Reproductive Health

      • J. Plaut
      Pages 203-212

    4. Legal Considerations of Reproductive Hazards in Industry in the United Kingdom

      • Steven J. Lorber
      Pages 213-224
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  • St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, UK

    Geoffrey Chamberlain

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