Miscarriage among flight attendants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cosmic radiation and circadian disruption are potential reproductive hazards for flight attendants.

Methods

Flight attendants from 3 US airlines in 3 cities were interviewed for pregnancy histories and lifestyle, medical, and occupational covariates. We assessed cosmic radiation and circadian disruption from company records of 2 million individual flights. Using Cox regression models, we compared respondents (1) by levels of flight exposures and (2) to teachers from the same cities, to evaluate whether these exposures were associated with miscarriage.

Results

Of 2654 women interviewed (2273 flight attendants and 381 teachers), 958 pregnancies among 764 women met study criteria. A hypothetical pregnant flight attendant with median first-trimester exposures f

SUBMITTER: Grajewski B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4510952 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature