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Clothing and Finished Textile Products References

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Anderson, JH and O Gaardboe 1993. Musculoskeletal disorders of the neck and upper limb among sewing machine operators: A clinical investigation. Am J Ind Med 24:689–700.

Brisson, CB, A Vinet, N Vezina, and S Gingras. 1989. Effect of duration of employment in piecework on severe disability among female garment workers. Scand J Work Environ Health 15:329–334.

Decouflé, P, CC Murphy, CD Drews, and M Yeargin-Allsopp. 1993. Mental retardation in ten-year-old children in relation to their mothers’ occupations during pregnancy. Am J Ind Med 24:567–586.

Eskenazi, B, S Guendelman, EP Elkin, and M Jasis. 1993. A preliminary study of reproductive outcomes of female maquiladora workers in Tijuana, Mexico. Am J Ind Med 24:667–676.

Friedman-Jimenez, G. 1994. Adult onset asthma in women garment workers from the Bellevue Asthma Clinic. PA855. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 4:149.

Infante-Rivard, C, D Mur, B Armstrong, C Alvarez-Dardet, and F Bolumar. 1991. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia among Spanish children and mothers’ occupation: A case-control study. J Epidemiol Community Health 45:11-15.

Ng, TP, CY Hong, LG Goh, ML Wang, KT Koh, and SL Ling. 1994. Risks of asthma associated with occupations in a community-based case control study. Am J Ind Med 25:709–718.

Punnett, L, JM Robins, DH Wegman, and WM Keyserling. 1985. Soft tissue disorders in the upper limbs of female garment workers. Scand J Work Environ Health 11:417–425.

Redlich, CA, WS Beckett, J Sparer, KW Barwick, CA Reily, H Miller, SL Sigal, SL Shalat, and MR Cullen. 1988. Liver disease associated with occupational exposure to the solvent dimethyl fornamide. Ann Intern Med 108:680-686.

Schibye, B, T Skor, D Ekner, JU Christiansen, and G Sjogaard. 1995. Musculoskeletal symptoms among sewing machine operators. Scand J Work Environ Health 21:427–434.

Sobel, E, Z Davanipour, R Sulkava, T Erkinjuntti, J Wikström, VW Henderson, G Buckwalter, JD Bowman, and PJ Lee. 1995. Occupations with exposure to electromagnetic fields: A possible risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. Am J Epidemiol 142:515–524.