Spontaneous abortions after the Three Mile Island nuclear accident

A life table analysis

Bibliographic Data

ID11040022
AuthorsMarilyn K Goldhaber, Sharon Staub, S L Staub, George K Tokuhata
Year1983
Volume73
Issue7
Pages752-759
Publication date1983-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.73.7.752
PMID6859357
OpenAlexW2066960285
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited4

A study was conducted to determine whether the incidence of spontaneous abortion was greater than expected near the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant during the months following the March 28, 1979 accident. All persons living within five miles of TMI were registered shortly after the accident, and information on pregnancy at the time of the accident was collected. After one year, all pregnancy cases were followed up and outcomes ascertained. Using the life table method, it was found that, given pregnancies after four completed weeks of gestation counting from the first day of the last menstrual period, the estimated incidence of spontaneous abortion (miscarriage before completion of 16 weeks of gestation) was 15.1 per cent for women pregnant at the time of the TMI accident. Combining spontaneous abortions and stillbirths (delivery of a dead fetus after 16 weeks of gestation), the estimated incidence was 16.1 per cent for pregnancies after four completed weeks of gestation. Both incidences are comparable to baseline studies of fetal loss

Abortion · Gestation · Gynecology · Incidence (geometry) · Miscarriage · Obstetrics · Pregnancy · Combustion and Detonation Processes · Medicine

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