Endocrine and reproductive health status of men who had experienced short-term radiation exposure at Chernobyl

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 271-276

  Goncharov, N P ^a,c   Katsiya, G V ^a   Kolesnikova, G S ^a   Dobracheva, G A D ^a   Todua, T N ^a   Vax, V V ^a   Giwercman, A ^b   Waites, G M H ^b  

^a N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chernobyl accident; Cortisol; FSH; LH; Prolactin; Radiation; Semen analyses; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADULT; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; UKRAINE;

EID: 0031761509     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1998.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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