Time to pregnancy among the wives of men exposed to organic solvents

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-30

  Sallmén, Markku ^a   Lindbohm, Marja Liisa ^a   Anttila, Ahti ^a   Kyyrönen, Pentti ^a   Taskinen, Helena ^a   Nykyri, Erkki ^a   Hemminki, Kari ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fecundability; Paternal exposure; Reproductive hazards; Solvents

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031955055     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.1.24     Document Type: Article

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