Spontaneous abortion in IVF couples - A role of male welding exposure

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1793-1797

  Hjollund, N H ^a,e   Bonde, J P ^a   Ernst, E ^a   Lindenberg, S ^b   Andersen, A N ^c   Olsen, J ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^e Unit of Social Medicine   (Denmark)

Author keywords

IVF; Miscarriage; Paternal occupational exposure; Pregnancy survival; Welding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WELDING FUME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 21644437264     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh680     Document Type: Article

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