METHODOLOGY IN REPRODUCTIVE RESEARCH

工作总结：方法学研究的目的是为大型和/或确定性项目做准备，这些项目旨在研究环境毒物在生殖结果中的作用。今年有两项方法学研究，都侧重于婴儿出生时的体重。我们比较了按职业分类的妇女所生婴儿的出生体重，以确定对胎儿生长的可能危害。当我们控制了母亲的种族、人口统计学和生活方式时，我们所采用的工作分类并不能预测出生体重较低。另一篇论文研究了我们之前在一个较小的队列中报告的父亲饮酒之间的关联;没有显著的关联。- 方法学、酒精、职业、胎儿生长、生殖、妊娠、出生体重-人类受试者

Summary of Work: The purpose of methodology studies is to prepare for large and/or definitive projects that examine the role of environmental toxicants in reproductive outcome. This year there were two methodology studies, both focussed on infant weight at birth. We compared birth weight of infants born to women classified by their occupation to identify possible hazards to fetal growth. No job classification that we employed was predictive of lower birth weight when we controlled for the mothers race, demographics, and lifestyle. The other paper examined the association between paternal drinking we had previously reported in a smaller cohort; there was no significant association. - Methodology, alcohol, occupation, fetal growth, reproduction, pregnancy, birth weight - Human Subjects