Persistent organochlorines, sedentary occupation, obesity and human male subfertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 208-215

  Magnusdottir, Elin V ^a   Thorsteinsson, Tanja ^b   Thorsteinsdottir, Sigridur ^b   Heimisdottir, Maria ^b   Olafsdottir, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Male fertility; Obesity; Organochlorines; Sedentary work; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBFERTILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 12444304514     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh569     Document Type: Article

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