Time to pregnancy and occupation in a group of Italian women

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 601-609

  Spinelli, Angela ^a   Figà Talamanca, Irene ^b   Osborn, John ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infertility; Italy; Occupation; Time to pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COFFEE; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEW; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; WELDING FUME;

EID: 1842339330     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.3.601     Document Type: Article

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