Semen quality of workers occupationally exposed to hydrocarbons

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-228

  De Celis, Ruth ^a   Feria Velasco, Alfredo ^a   Gonza225 lez Unzaga, Marco ^a   Torres Calleja, Jorge ^a   Pedroón Nuevo, Nives ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y ASISTENCIA EN TECNOLOGÍA Y DISEÑO DEL ESTADO DE JALISCO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbons; Environmental agents; Human semen; Male fertility; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CELL SURVIVAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN; SMOKING; SPERM AGGLUTINATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 0033958321     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00515-4     Document Type: Article

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