Traffic pollutants affect fertility in men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1055-1061

  De Rosa, Michele ^a   Zarrilli, Stefano ^a   Paesano, Luigi ^a   Carbone, Umberto ^a   Boggia, Bartolomeo ^a   Petretta, Mario ^a   Maisto, Antonella ^a   Cimmino, Francesca ^a   Puca, Giancarmelo ^a   Colao, Annamaria ^a   Lombardi, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental pollution; Lead; Methaemoglobin; Semen analysis; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; FOLLITROPIN; LEAD; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METHEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN OXIDE; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; SEX HORMONE; SULFHEMOGLOBIN; SULFUR OXIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORMAL VALUE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLLUTANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRAFFIC; WORKER;

EID: 0038736705     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg226     Document Type: Article

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