Association between female infertility and agricultural work history

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 445-451

  Fuortes, L ^a   Clark, M K ^b   Kirchner, H L ^a   Smith, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; epidemiology; female infertility; occupation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVULATION; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0030896887     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199704)31:4<445::aid-ajim11>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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