Use of time to pregnancy in environmental epidemiology and surveillance

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-185

  Joffe, Mike ^a   Paranjothy, Shantini ^b   Fielder, Hilary ^c   Lyons, Ronan ^d   Palmer, Stephen ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Breast Test Wales   (United Kingdom)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental epidemiology; Fecundity; Fertility; Landfill; Reproduction; Time to pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 44649094502     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdn005     Document Type: Article

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