A longitudinal study of semen quality in pesticide spraying Danish farmers

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 581-589

  Larsen, Solveig B ^a   Giwercman, Aleksander ^b   Spanò, Marcello ^c   Bonde, Jens P ^a,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Occupational exposure; Pesticides; Semen; Sex hormones; Sperm; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DENMARK; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; X CHROMATIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; DENMARK; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; SEMEN; SEX CHROMATIN;

EID: 0032216211     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(98)00047-1     Document Type: Article

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