Does moderate alcohol consumption affect fertility? Follow up study among couples planning first pregnancy

BMJ

Volumn 317, Issue 7157, 1998, Pages 505-510

  Jensen, Tina Kold ^a   Hjollund, Niels Henrik I ^b   Henriksen, Tine Brink ^c   Scheike, Thomas ^d   Kolstad, Henrik ^b   Giwercman, Aleksander ^a   Ernst, Erik ^c   Bonde, Jens Peter ^b   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a   Olsen, J⊘rn ^e  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c University Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOL DRINKING--SIDE EFFECTS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; DENMARK; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; FECUNDABILITY; FECUNDITY; NORTHERN EUROPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; STUDIES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAFFEINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ODDS RATIO; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; SMOKING;

EID: 7344266322     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7157.505     Document Type: Article

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