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At each contact, participants provided information on conceptions, sexual activity, birth control and pregnancy attempts. Occupational exposures to ergonomic factors and, for welders, to metals and dust in welding fume were estimated from task-specific questionnaires. The OR of clinical infertility for work in welding was estimated. Time ratios (TR), relative times to conception, were estimated for first pregnancy in an accelerated failure time (AFT) regression with a log normal distribution of the hazard, to assess the relation of exposure to conception.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>885\u2009women were recruited, 447 in welding and 438 in electrical trades. 96 reported a period of clinical infertility (prevalence 10.8%) with 70\/96 infertile since joining the trade. There was no excess in welders (OR=0.81 95% CI 0.49 to 1.33). 372\u2009women were nulliparous and met selection criteria for further analysis. 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