Germ cell cancer and disorders of spermatogenesis: An environmental connection?

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-12

  Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a   Rajpert De Meyts, Ewa ^a   Jørgensen, Niels ^a   Carlsen, Elisabeth ^a   Petersen, Peter Meidahl ^a   Giwercman, Aleksander ^a   Andersen, Anne Grethe ^a   Jensen, Tina Kold ^a   Andersson, Anna Maria ^a   Müller, Jørn ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carcinoma in situ (CIS); Cryptorchidism; Development; Embryonal carcinoma; Endocrine disrupters; Environment; Germ cell; Gonocyte; Seminoma; Testis cancer

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; NONYLPHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AGING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTORCHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; LEYDIG CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0009357155     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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