Joffe, Mike, Paranjothy, Shantini  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3121, Fielder, Hilary, Lyons, Ronan and Palmer, Stephen Royston
2008.
Use of time to pregnancy in environmental epidemiology and surveillance.
Journal of Public Health
30
(2)
, pp. 178-185.
10.1093/pubmed/fdn005
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Abstract
Background Potential sources of environmental pollution, such as incinerators or landfill sites, can adversely affect reproduction and/or development. Time to pregnancy (TTP) is a validated measure of biological fertility that can be studied with relatively small populations. Methods Pregnant local residents living within 3 km of a landfill site (‘exposed’ group, n = 200) or elsewhere in the Rhondda valleys (‘unexposed’ group, n = 400) were interviewed by health visitors or midwives. The response rate was 83%. Results No difference was found in the TTP distributions between the exposed and unexposed groups. Relationships of TTP with covariates were consistent with the literature. Conclusions In a context of public and scientific concern about possible reproductive toxicity, an interview study of TTP was highly acceptable to local women. A large enough sample to generate stable TTP distributions was readily achieved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Medicine |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Environmental epidemiology ; Fertility ; Fecundity ; Landfill ; Reproduction ; Time to pregnancy |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| ISSN: | 1741-3842 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Nov 2022 13:56 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/28267 |
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