Are long working hours and shiftwork risk factors for subfecundity? A study among couples from southern Thailand
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Are long working hours and shiftwork risk factors for subfecundity? A study among couples from southern Thailand.
OBJECTIVE To estimate the effect of long working hours and shift work on time to pregnancy. METHODS Cross sectional samples with retrospective data collection from two 700 bed hospitals at secondary to tertiary care level in Hatyai district, Songkhla Province, Thailand. The study was conducted from March 1995 to November 1995 among 1496 pregnant women attending the antenatal clinics. Subfecun...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.2.99