Reduction of sperm motility in a male laboratory worker exposed to solvents: A case study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 753-756

  Chang, Ho Yuan ^a   Lin, Yung Ming ^b   Hsu, Ping Chi ^c   Guo, Yueliang Leon ^a,b  

^a Graduate Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asthenospermia; Chloroform; Occupational exposure; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; SOLVENT;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0034873413     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109753     Document Type: Article

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