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Stage 1: Selection of new risk factors
Step 1: Literature search of new risk factors not in the original FertiSTAT  Searchforfertilityproblemsandtermsfordeveloping/lowresoursesettings  Searchgeneratedlistofpotentialriskfactors
Step 2: Consultations with experts
 One-to-one conultations with international fertility experts
 Search and consultations lead to the compilation of a list of potential risk factors
Bayoumi, et al. 2018 (under review)
Cardiff Fertility Studies
Stage 1: Selection of new risk factors
Step 3: Online survey
 List generated in steps 1 and 2 was used in online survey
 41 fertility experts participated
 Most participants (75.6%, n=31) from lower/upper-middle
income countries
Cardiff Fertility Studies
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