Menopausal age and spontaneous abortion in a group of women working in a Swedish steel works.
Female workers in a Swedish Steel works had a higher parity than clerical day workers. Mean menopausal age was 48 +/- 1 years in shift workers, compared with 49 +/- 1 in industrial day workers and 50 +/- 1 years in clerical day workers. Menstrual irregularity was not found to any higher degree in the industrially exposed groups. A tendency to increased frequency of spontaneous abortion among workers in the metallurgical areas was found, but can probably be explained by factors such as age and smoking habits.
D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000497:Alloys; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008669:Metallurgy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D012907:Smoking; D013232:Steel; D013548:Sweden
D000497:Alloys; D013232:Steel