Associations of fertility and pregnancy outcomes with leather tannery work in Mongolia: A pilot study

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-68

  Greene, Leslie E ^a   Riederer, Anne M ^a   Marcus, Michele ^a   Lkhasuren, Oyuntogos ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONGOLIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Chromium; Fertility; Male fertility; Mongolia; Occupational health; Preterm delivery; Reproductive health; Spontaneous abortion; Tannery workers; Time to pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MONGOLIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MONGOLIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANNING;

EID: 74749103860     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2010.16.1.60     Document Type: Article

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