Fertility of Danish battery workers exposed to lead

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1281-1288

  Bonde, Jens Peter E ^a   Kolstad, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; GERM LAYER; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY;

COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DENMARK; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EUROPE; FERTILITY--MEN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH; HUMAN RESOURCES; INDUSTRY; INGREDIENTS AND CHEMICALS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; LABOR FORCE--MEN; LEAD; LOGISTIC MODEL; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTHERN EUROPE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH--MEN; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SCANDINAVIA; STUDIES;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0031434023     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.6.1281     Document Type: Article

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