Environmental semen studies - Is infertility, increased by a decline in sperm count?

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 12-16

  Bonde, Jens Peter E ^a   Hjollund, Niels H I ^a   Kolstad, Henrik A ^a   Abell, Annette ^a   Larsen, Solveig B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fertility; Male reproduction; Secular trends; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 0032904893     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (18)

1. Bonde JPE, Giwercman A. Occupational hazards to male fecundity. Reprod Med Rev 1995;4:59-73.
2. Bonde JPE, Giwercman A, Ernst E, Asclepios. Identifying environmental risk to male reproductive function by occupational sperm studies: logistics and design options. Occup Environ Med 1996;53:511-9.
3. Rowe PJ, Comhaire FH, Hargreave TB, Mellows HJ. WHO manual for the standardized investigation and diagnosis of the infertile couple. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
4. Bonde JPE, Ernst E, Jensen TK, Hjolund NH, Kolstad H, Henriksen TB, et al. The relation between semen quality and fertility: a population based study of 430 first-pregnancy planners. Lancet 1998;9135:1172-7.
5. Larsen BL, Giwercman A, Spano M, Bonde JPE, the Asclepios study group. A longitudinal study of semen quality in pesticide spraying Danish farmers. Reprod Toxicol 1998;12:581-9.
6. Bonde JPE, Hjollund H, Jensen T, Ernst E, Kolstad H, Henriksen T, et al. A follow-up study of environmental and biological determinants of fertility among 430 Danish first pregnancy planners: design and methods. Reprod Toxicol 1998;12:17-27.
7. Hjollund NHI, Bonde JPE, Jensen TK, Ernst E, Kolstad H, Henriksen T, et al. Semen quality and reproductive hormones with reference to metal welding. Reprod Toxicol 1998;12:28-35.
8. Bonde JPE. Semen quality and sex hormones among mild steel and stainless steel welders: a cross sectional study. Br J Ind Med 1990;47:508-14.
9. Abel A, Ernst E, Bonde J. Semen quality and sex hormones among green house workers. Presented at the International Symposium on Environment, Lifestyle and Fertility, Aarhus, 7-10 December 1997.
10. Kolstad H, Bonde JPE, Spano M, Giwercman A, Zschiesche W, Kaae D, et al. Sperm chromatin structure and semen quality following occupational styrene exposure. Scand J Work Environ Health 1999;25 suppl 25:70-72.
11. Abell A, Ernst E, Bonde J. High sperm density among mem-bers of organic farmers' association [letter]. Lancet 1994;343:149.
12. Hjollund H, Bonde JPE. High frequency electromagnetic radiation and semen quality. Reprod Toxicol 1997. In press.
13. Bonde JPE, Mortensen JT, Johansen JP. Toksisk encefalopati og sædkvalitet blandt ansatte I en flexotrykvirksomhed. Ugeskr Læg 1987;149:469-71. English summary.
14. Bonde JPE. Semen quality in welders exposed to radiant heat. Br J Ind Med 1992;49:5-10.
15. Armitage P, Berry G. Statistical methods in medical research. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1987.
16. Whorton MD, Krauss RM, Marshall S, Milby TH. Infertility in male pesticide workers. Lancet 1977;2:1259-61.
17. Levine RJ, Blunden PB, Dalcorso RD, Starr TB, Ross CE. Superiority of reproductive histories to sperm counts in detecting infertility at a dibromochloropropane manufacturing plant. J Occup Med 1983;25:591-7.
18. Sharpe RM, Skakkebæk NE. Are oestrogens involved in falling sperm counts and disorders of the male reproductive tract? Lancet 1993;341:1392-5.