Time trends in biological fertility in Western Europe

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 722-730

  Joffe, Michael ^a   Holmes, Jane ^a   Jensen, Tina Kold ^b   Keiding, Niels ^c   Best, Nicky ^a  

^a Centre for Environment and Health   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

fecundity; fertility; infertility; trends

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; TWINNING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPERM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TIME TO PREGNANCY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREND STUDY; TWIN PREGNANCY; WESTERN EUROPE;

FECUNDITY; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY; TRENDS;

BIRTH RATE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84883474173     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt048     Document Type: Article

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