title: [Analysis on reproductive health status and influencing factors of female workers of pharmaceutical industry in Gansu province].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the reproductive health status of female workers in pharmaceutical industry of Gansu Province, to explore influencing factors, and to propose some reference basis of intervening measures.
  
  
  METHODS
  The cluster sampling method was used to study 1801 female workers from 16 pharmaceutical industries in 6 cities (Pingliang, Qingyang, Lanzhou, Dingxi, Zhangye and Jiuquan cities) of Gansu Province. The investigation was performed by interviewing and adopting questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were the problems of labor and organization, which included the overtime work, continuous work, standing for long periods, rapid monotonous action assignments, the loading work and a variety of harmful factors in the working environment of the pharmaceutical industry in Gansu Province. There were many problems in the reproductive health status of female workers. The morbidities of abnormal menstruation and breast diseases in female workers were 43.25% and 20.43%. The order of high morbidities was hyperplasia of mammary glands (91.30%), breast adenofibroma (5.43%) and mastitis (2.99%). The order of morbidities for three reproductive system disease was adnexitis (21.57%), cervical erosion (20.06%) and vaginitis (11.09%). The rates of abnormal menstrual cycle, abnormal menstrual amount and cervical erosion increased with the length of service (P < 0.01). The taking breaks, long standing, loading work, exposure to harmful factors were related to abnormal menstruation (P < 0.05). The rapid repeat monotonous action was an important influencing factor for female reproductive system disease (OR = 1.255, 95%CI = 1.031 ∼ 1.528).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are relatively serious occupational hazards in the pharmaceutical industry of Gansu Province. The reproductive health status of female workers is not improved. Social public should pay attention to the protection for female workers.
authors.affiliation: Gansu Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Lanzhou, China.
authors.forename: Zhen-Xia
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Kou
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu-Hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Wen-Lan
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: An-Shou
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D004345:Drug Industry; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D060728:Reproductive Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace; D055815:Young Adult