Shift work and subfecundity: A European multicenter study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 352-358

  Bisanti, Luigi ^a   Olsen, Jørn ^b   Basso, Olga ^b,c   Thonneau, Patrick ^d   Karmaus, Wilfried ^e  

^a Public Health Service of Lombardia Region   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e NORDIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMALE WORKER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029863913     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199604000-00012     Document Type: Article

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