Reproductive endocrine effects of acute exposure to toluene in men and women

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 657-666

  Luderer, Ulrike ^a,b   Morgan, Michael S ^c   Brodkin, Carl A ^b   Kalman, David A ^c   Faustman, Elaine M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Ctr for Occup/Environmental Health ^*

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Luteinising hormone; Solvents

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TOLUENE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032599839     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.10.657     Document Type: Article

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