The study is based on cohorts of women who worked in the rubber industry or were married to men who worked in the rubber industry, as well as women who were members of the Food Workers' Union (controls). All of the women were born in 1960 or later, which was a requirement for enrollment in the study. Telephone interviews were conducted with 174 women who worked in the rubber industry, 379 wives of men who worked in the rubber industry and 403 women who worked in the food industry. In the interviews, data were collected regarding waiting time to pregnancy (time to pregnancy; TTP), pregnancy outcomes for the womens all pregnancies. Further questions were asked about lifestyle factors (eg smoking), workplace exposures, and various ergonomic loads before and during pregnancies. Purpose: To investigate if working in Swedish rubber industry adversely affect time-to-pregnancy and increases the risk of miscarriage

Studien är baserad på kohorter av kvinnor som arbetat inom gummiindustrin eller varit gifta med män som arbetat inom gummiindustrin, samt kvinnor som varit medlemmar i Livsmedelsarbetareförbundet (kontroller). Samtliga kvinnor var födda 1960 eller senare, vilket var ett inklusionskriterium i studien. Telefonintervjuer genomfördes med 174 kvinnor som arbetat inom gummiindustrin, 379 hustrur till män som arbetat inom gummiindustrin och 403 kvinnor som arbetat inom livsmedelsindustrin. I intervjuerna samlades data in angående väntetid till graviditet (time to pregnancy; TTP) och graviditetsutfall för kvinnornas samtliga graviditeter. Vidare ställdes frågor om livsstilsfaktorer (tex rökning), arbetsplatsexponeringar och diverse ergonomiska belastningar före och under graviditeterna. Syfte: Att undersöka om arbete i svensk gummiindustri negativt påverkar väntetid till graviditet och medför en ökad risk för missfall

Telephone interview

Telefonintervju