Exposure to hazardous substances and male reproductive health: A research framework

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 803-813

  Moline, Jacqueline M ^a,b   Golden, Anne L ^a   Bar Chama, Natan ^b   Smith, Ernest ^c   Rauch, Molly E ^a   Chapin, Robert E ^d   Perreault, Sally D ^e   Schrader, Steven M ^f   Suk, William A ^d   Landrigan, Philip J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Hazardous substances; Male reproductive health; Research; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTROGEN; PESTICIDE; TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TESTIS CANCER; WORKER;

EID: 0033762444     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108803     Document Type: Review

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