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We restricted analyses to pregnancies of those women who reported being employed when the pregnancy began and were working only in clinical practice. Of 1355 pregnancies, 940 were eligible for the final analysis. Self-reported occupational exposures to anaesthetic gases,x<\/jats:italic>rays, pesticides and long working hours in relation to spontaneous abortion were examined.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results:<\/jats:title>In a multiple logistic regression controlling for 12 potential confounders, there was a more than twofold significant increase (OR 2.49, 95% CI 1.02 to 6.04) in the risk of spontaneous abortion in women exposed to unscavenged anaesthetic gases for \u2a7e1 h per week. Veterinarians who reported performing more than five radiographic examinations per week had a statistically significant elevated risk of spontaneous abortion compared to those who performed five or less (OR 1.82, 95% CI 1.17 to 2.82). 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