Environmental toxicants and human fertility

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 451-457

  Foster, W G ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Abortion, spontaneous; Endometriosis; Environmental pollutants; Fecundity; Infertility; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

CELL CULTURE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SERUM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0346887225     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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