Occupational exposures and male infertility

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 729-733

  Gracia, Clarisa R ^a,c   Sammel, Mary D ^a   Coutifaris, Christos ^a   Guzick, David S ^b   Barnhart, Kurt T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c Penn Fertility Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Environment; Infertility; Infertility, male; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

LEAD; METAL; PAINT; PESTICIDE; SOLVENT;

INFERTILITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPOSURE; FUME; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; VIBRATION; VIDEORECORDING; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 26444585138     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi269     Document Type: Article

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