Regional differences in waiting time to pregnancy among fertile couples from four European cities

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2697-2704

  Jensen, T K ^a,b   Slama, R ^c   Ducot, B ^c   Suominen, J ^d   Cawood, E H H ^e   Andersen, A G ^a   Eustache, F ^f   Irvine, S ^e   Auger, S ^f   Jouannet, P ^f   Vierula, M ^d   Jorgensen N ^a   Toppari, J ^d   Skakkebaek, N E ^a   Keiding, N ^g   Spira, A ^c  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Fertility; Population surveillance; Pregnancy rate; Time factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINLAND; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TIME PERCEPTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 18244409122     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.12.2697     Document Type: Article

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