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Reproductive hazards in the microelectronics industry
Occupational Medicine (Philadelphia, Pa.)
|January 1, 1986
Abstract:
There has been increased awareness of the potential for occupational and environmental exposures to hazardous substances to adversely affect reproductive outcome in men and women. The purpose of this article is to familiarize the clinician with some of the normal physiologic changes of pregnancy and how those may interact with working conditions in the electronics industry. It also reviews some of the data regarding potential reproductive hazards of substances and physical agents used in this industry.
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