Reduced fertility among female wood workers exposed to formaldehyde

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 206-212

  Taskinen, H K ^a,d   Kyyronen P ^a,b   Sallmen M ^a,b   Virtanen, S V ^a,b   Liukkonen, T A ^a   Huida, O ^a,b   Lindbohm, M L ^a,b   Anttila, A ^a,b,c  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b Lappeenranta Regl Inst Occup H ^*  (Finland)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dusts; Endometriosis; Fertility; Formaldehyde; Menstrual disorders; Organic solvents; Phenols; Spontaneous abortions; Time to pregnancy; Wood dusts

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; FORMALDEHYDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; CARPENTER; CONCEPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GLOVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARY INFLAMMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGITIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; WOOD DUST;

ADULT; DUST; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINLAND; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLVENTS; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOOD;

EID: 0345299205     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199907)36:1<206::AID-AJIM29>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Conference Paper

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