Demographic evaluation of the fertility of aluminium industry workers: Influence of exposure to heat and static magnetic fields

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2016-2019

  Mur, J M ^a   Wild, P ^a   Rapp, R ^a   Vautrin, J P ^a   Coulon, J P ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^b Service Médical Central   (France)

Author keywords

Aluminium producing industry; Epidemiology; Fertility; Heat; Static magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALUMINUM FACTORY; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0031821346     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.7.2016     Document Type: Article

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