Fertility of male workers of the Italian mint

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 325-330

  Figà Talamanca, Irene ^a   Petrelli, Grazia ^b   Tropeano, Raffaella ^b   Papa, Giuseppe ^c   Boccia, Giuseppe ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Istituto Poligrafico Dello Stato   (Italy)

Author keywords

Male; Metals; Occupational exposures; Reproductive health; Solvents; Subfertility

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; METAL; NICKEL; SOLVENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRTH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FUME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; METAL INDUSTRY; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; WORKER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METALLURGY; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS;

MENTHA;

EID: 18744419604     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(00)00083-6     Document Type: Article

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