2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid residues in semen of Ontario farmers

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 421-429

  Arbuckle, Tye E ^a   Schrader, Steven M ^b   Cole, Donald ^c   Hall, J Christopher ^d   Bancej, Christina M ^a   Turner, Linda A ^a   Claman, Paul ^e  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

2,4 Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; Agriculture; Biologic monitoring; Farming; Herbicides; Occupational exposure; Semen; Sperm; Urine

Indexed keywords

2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RABBIT; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; URINALYSIS; URINE;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2-METHYL-4-CHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; COHORT STUDIES; CONDOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SEMEN;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0033226673     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(99)00057-X     Document Type: Article

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