Cognitive function among sons of women who worked in dentistry
OBJECTIVE: Exposure to elemental mercury vapor can impair neurological function as it is neurotoxic in doses higher than usually found in dentistry. Little is known about the potential effects of fetal exposure to elemental mercury among offspring of female dental workers. We investigated cognitive...
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doaj-fcf345b741024e3a8480bb8528aa22912021-04-22T09:20:34ZengNordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH)Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health0355-31401795-990X2012-11-0138654655210.5271/sjweh.32793279Cognitive function among sons of women who worked in dentistryAron Naimi-Akbar0Gunilla Sandborgh EnglundAnders EkbomJan EkstrandScott MontgomeryAron Naimi-Akbar, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Dental Medicine, Box 4064, SE-141 04 Huddinge, Sweden.OBJECTIVE: Exposure to elemental mercury vapor can impair neurological function as it is neurotoxic in doses higher than usually found in dentistry. Little is known about the potential effects of fetal exposure to elemental mercury among offspring of female dental workers. We investigated cognitive function among offspring of women working in dentistry at the time of their pregnancy. METHODS: We compared results for cognitive function examinations taken by the majority of young men in Sweden at the time of compulsory military enlistment (age 17–18 years). Sons of female dentists (N=365) and dental nurses (N=3181) born during the 1960–1970s were compared with sons of female physicians (N=378) and assistant nurses (N=12 667). RESULTS: Analysis by linear regression showed that sons of dental workers had similar or higher cognitive function test results compared to their matched cohorts. CONCLUSION: We found no evidence of poorer cognitive function among male offspring of female dentists or dental nurses. https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3279 dentistrycognitive functiondentistdental nursefemale dental personneloccupational exposurewomenamalgammercury |
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Cognitive function among sons of women who worked in dentistry |
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Cognitive function among sons of women who worked in dentistry |
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Cognitive function among sons of women who worked in dentistry |
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Cognitive function among sons of women who worked in dentistry |
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Cognitive function among sons of women who worked in dentistry |
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cognitive function among sons of women who worked in dentistry |
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Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH) |
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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health |
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0355-3140 1795-990X |
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2012-11-01 |
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OBJECTIVE: Exposure to elemental mercury vapor can impair neurological function as it is neurotoxic in doses higher than usually found in dentistry. Little is known about the potential effects of fetal exposure to elemental mercury among offspring of female dental workers. We investigated cognitive function among offspring of women working in dentistry at the time of their pregnancy. METHODS: We compared results for cognitive function examinations taken by the majority of young men in Sweden at the time of compulsory military enlistment (age 17–18 years). Sons of female dentists (N=365) and dental nurses (N=3181) born during the 1960–1970s were compared with sons of female physicians (N=378) and assistant nurses (N=12 667). RESULTS: Analysis by linear regression showed that sons of dental workers had similar or higher cognitive function test results compared to their matched cohorts. CONCLUSION: We found no evidence of poorer cognitive function among male offspring of female dentists or dental nurses. |
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dentistry cognitive function dentist dental nurse female dental personnel occupational exposure women amalgam mercury |
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