Semen quality and sex hormones among organic and traditional Danish farmers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-144

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

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Pesticides; Semen; Sex hormones; Sperm; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; INHIBIN; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0032955992     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.2.139     Document Type: Article

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