Time to pregnancy and infertility among women with a high intake of fish contaminated with persistent organochlorine compounds

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 199-206

  Axmon, Anna ^a   Rylander, Lars ^a   Strömberg, Ulf ^a   Hagmar, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fertility; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FISH; FISHERMAN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASHORE; SMOKING; SPOUSE; SUBFERTILITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033938366     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.532     Document Type: Article

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