Time to pregnancy and exposure to pesticides in Danish farmers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 278-283

  Larsen, Solveig Brixen ^a   Joffe, Michael ^b   Bonde, Jens Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertility; Pesticides; Time to pregnancy

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031916524     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.4.278     Document Type: Article

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