Exposure to toluene in the printing industry is associated with subfecundity in women but not in men

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 443-448

  Plenge Bönig, Anita ^a   Karmaus, Wilfried ^b  

^a NORDIG Inst for Hlth Res and P   (Germany)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Organic solvents; Time to pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETUS WASTAGE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARITY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SMOKING; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK;

EID: 0033043436     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.7.443     Document Type: Article

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