Dental workplace exposure and effect on fertility

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 285-290

  Dahl, Jon E ^a   Sundby, Johanne ^b   Hensten Pettersen, Arne ^a   Jacobsen, Nils ^c  

^a Nordisk Institutt for Odontologiske Materialer   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dental amalgam; Dentistry; Disinfectants; Fecundability; Fertility; Mercury; Occupational exposure; Time to pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZENE; CHLOROFORM; DENTAL ALLOY;

FERTILITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHER;

NORWAY;

EID: 0032767486     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.436     Document Type: Article

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