[Occupational hazards as risk factors of perinatal pathology]

Occupational hazards play the leading role among the factors responsible for perinatal disease, increased morbidity and mortality of neonates and infants of the first year of life. These factors are deleterious to the female organism both prior to and during pregnancy, they may exert an unfavourable effect on the fetus, and impair the general health status of future mothers by affecting the functioning of separate organs and body systems, triggering metabolic disorders, and reducing body defence. Studies conducted by experts in labour hygiene, obstetricians-gynecologists, and pediatricians yielded results that formed the basis for prevention planning aimed at health promotion effect.