Association between perfluorinated compounds and time to pregnancy in a prospective cohort of Danish couples attempting to conceive

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 873-880

  Vestergaard, Sonja ^a   Nielsen, Flemming ^a   Andersson, Anne Maria ^b   Hjøllund, Niels Henrik ^c,d   Grandjean, Philippe ^a,e   Andersen, Helle Raun ^a   Jensen, Tina Kold ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort; discrete time analysis; fecundability; perfluorinated compounds; time to pregnancy

Indexed keywords

PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID;

ADULT; BIRTH CONTROL; BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84857205555     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der450     Document Type: Review

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