Understanding infertility : risk factors affecting fertility.: Z1-1989/3-41-20E-PDF

The direct "causes" of infertility are, in many cases, relatively clear - blocked fallopian tubes, ovulatory problems, low sperm counts. What is less obvious is the sequence of events leading to those particular conditions - and this information needs to be understood in order for infertility to be effectively prevented.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Privy Council Office.
Canada. Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies.
Title Understanding infertility : risk factors affecting fertility.
Series title Research studies ; v. 7
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Other formats Paper-[English]
Note(s) Digitized edition from print produced by Privy Council Office of Canada.
Issued also in French under title: Compréhension de l'infertilité : facteurs de risque.
Includes bibliographical references.
Sexually transmitted infections: their manifestations and links to infertility and reproductive illness -- The physiological effects of aging on fertility decline: a literature review -- Effects of licit and illicit drugs, alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine on infertility -- A literature review of the physiological manifestations related to infertility linked to weight, eating behaviours, and exercise -- Contraception: an evaluation of its role in relation to infertility: can it protect? -- The physiological links between endometriosis and infertility: review of the medical literature and annotated bibliography (1985-1990) -- The impact of medical procedures on fertility -- Occupational and environmental exposure data: information sources and linkage potential to adverse reproductive outcomes data in Canada -- Evaluation of an environmental contaminent: development of a method for chemical review and a case study of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) as a reproductive toxicant -- Pilot study on determining the relative importance of risk factors for infertility in Canada.
Issued also in printed form.
Publishing information Ottawa : Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies, c1993.
Description xxii, 704 p. : graphs
ISBN 0-662-21381-5
Catalogue number
  • Z1-1989/3-41-20E-PDF
Subject terms Commissions of inquiry
Reproductive technology
Fertility
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