Year: 2012
Type: dissertation
Abstract: In Western societies there has been a change in reproductive behaviour with a tendency towards more couples postponing childbearing. As a consequence the number of couples experiencing impaired fertility in the Netherlands is rising. Female age in this respect is the commonly studied individual risk factor for subfertility. Subfertility is clinically defined as 12 months of unprotected intercourse during the fertile period of the menstrual cycle without a resulting pregnancy. Several modifiable factors exist that also affect fertility and the chance of having a healthy child. Many studies underline the detrimental role of adverse lifestyles and dietary intake of both women and men on reproductive outcome. During the periconceptional period – defined as the t
Author: Fatima Hammiche
Institution: Erasmus MC
Language: English
Subfield: Reproductive Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1732010980