Caffeine intake and delayed conception: A European multicenter study on infertility and subfecundity

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 324-334

  Bolumar F ^a   Olsen, J ^b   Rebagliato, M ^a   Bisanti, L ^c   Juul, Svend ^d   Olsen, Jørn ^d   Thonneau, Patrick ^d   Karmaus, Wilfred ^d   Figá Talamanca, Irene ^d   Bisanti, Luigi ^d   Bolúmar, Francisco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^c Regione Lombardia   (Italy)

^d Campus de San Juan ^*

Author keywords

caffeine; infertility; risk factors

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COFFEE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CAFFEINE INTAKE; DELAYED CONCEPTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FERTILITY RATE; SUBFECUNDITY;

DENMARK; EUROPE; GERMANY; ITALY; POLAND; SPAIN;

EID: 0030609660     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009109     Document Type: Article

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