Extremely low frequency magnetic fields and fertility: A follow up study of couples planning first pregnancies

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 253-255

  Hjollund, Niels Henrik I ^a   Skotte, Jørgen H ^b   Kolstad, Henrik A ^b   Bonde, Jens Peter E ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Reproductive hazards; Semen analyses; Time to pregnancy; Welding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0032992389     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.4.253     Document Type: Article

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