Paternal work stress and prolonged time to pregnancy

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-216

  Lee, Mi Sun ^a   Paek, Domyung ^a   Eum, Ki Do ^a   Siegrist, Johannes ^b   Li, Jian ^c   Lee, Hye Eun ^a,d   Cho, Sung Il ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Effort reward imbalance; Fertility; Petrochemical worker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; JOB SATISFACTION; KOREA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REWARD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249138847     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0324-2     Document Type: Article

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