Sökning: "time-to-pregnancy"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade ordet time-to-pregnancy.

  1. 1. Fertility and female dietary exposure to persistent organochlorine compounds

    Författare :Anna Axmon; Avdelningen för arbets- och miljömedicin; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; industrial medicine; Yrkesmedicin; arbetsmiljömedicin; Public health; epidemiology; Folkhälsa; epidemiologi; Occupational health; DDE; DDT; dioxins; polychlorinated biphenyls; persistent organochlorine compounds; stillbirths; miscarriages; Fertility; time to pregnancy;

    Sammanfattning : Persistent organochlorine compounds (POC), such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and dioxins, are long-lived and highly lipophilic compounds which are present in all biota today. In Sweden, one of the major exposure routes for POC is through the consumption of fatty fish from the Baltic Sea, which is off the east coast of Sweden, and one of the most highly exposed populations is the fishermen's wives and sisters from the east coast. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Endocrine markers of ovarian function: Clinical and biological aspects with focus on Anti Müllerian hormone

    Författare :Leif Bungum; Malmö Reproduktionsmedicin; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Anti Müllerian Hormone; ovarian reserve; biomarker; Luteinizing Hormone; fecundity; fertility; Time to Pregnancy;

    Sammanfattning : Declining birthrates and infertility are now a common problem in the Western World. Due to the tendency to postpone childbearing an increasing age of women who consider motherhood is generally seen. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Health effects in biomedical research laboratory personnel in Sweden : cancer occurrence and reproductive outcomes

    Författare :Helena Wennborg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :cohort study; laboratory work; organic solvents; brain tumor; breast cancer; melanoma; spontaneous abortion; large-for-gestational age; time-to-pregnancy; fecundability;

    Sammanfattning : The main purposes of this thesis were to study mortality and cancer incidence among individuals working in biological and medical (biomedical) research laboratories as well as to investigate the possible adverse effects on reproduction in female laboratory personnel. This work is based on two cohorts. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Reproductive hazards in an industrial setting : an epidemiological assessment

    Författare :Marianne Wulff; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Occupational exposure; environmental exposure; copper smelter; epidemiology; adverse reproductive outcome;

    Sammanfattning : Background: As more women of childbearing age engage in the workforceand a lot of new chemicals are available, a growing interest of diagnosing andpreventing reproductive disorders due to occupational and environmentalexposure has occurred. The source location of this thesis is the Rönnskärcopper smelter which is situated in the north of Sweden, in the municipality of Skellefteå. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Etiological insights into the testicular cancer epidemic

    Författare :Olof Akre; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Testicular neoplasms; seminoma; nonseminoma; epidemiology; etiology; risk factors; prenatal; fertility; birth weight; placenta; neonatal jaundice; cryptorchidism; hypospadias; preterm birth; Epstein-Barr virus; cytomegalovirus; Body Mass Index; height;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to search for causes of the testicular cancer epidemic through epidemiologic studies of testicular cancer and possibly related conditions, such as urogenital birth defects and subfertility. First, we assessed changes in fertility over time by studying time-to-pregnancy among primiparous women in Sweden from 1983 through 1993 using data from the Medical Birth Registry. LÄS MER