title: Reproductive male-mediated risk: spontaneous abortion among wives of pesticide applicators.
abstract: This study was conducted among 32 pesticide applicators occupationally exposed to pesticides to determine whether paternal exposure is associated with an increased risk of spontaneous abortion. The ratio of abortion was compared between applicators and a group of 51 food retailers (control population). The ratio of abortions/pregnancies for applicators was 0.27 and for retailers 0.07. OR for spontaneous abortion adjusted for age of wife and smoking of parents is 3.8 times greater than for the control population in the multiple logistic regression model and 7.6 times with interaction effects model.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Petrelli
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Figà-Talamanca
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tropeano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tangucci
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aquilani
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gasperini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meli
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture; D016573:Agrochemicals; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D018812:Paternal Exposure; D010575:Pesticides; D011247:Pregnancy; D012907:Smoking
chemical_list: D016573:Agrochemicals; D010575:Pesticides