Male reproductive health and environmental xenoestrogens

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1996, Pages 741-803

  Toppari, Jorma ^a,b   Larsen, John Chr ^c   Christiansen, Peter ^a   Giwercman, Aleksander ^a   Grandjean, Philippe ^d   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^e   Jégou, Bernard ^f   Jensen, Tina K ^a   Jouannet, Pierre ^g   Keiding, Niels ^h   Leffers, Henrik ^a   McLachlan, John A ⁱ   Meyer, Otto ^j   Müller, Jørn ^a   Rajpert De Meyts, Ewa ^a   Scheike, Thomas ^a,h   Sharpe, Richard ^k   Sumpter, John ^l   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c National Food Agency of Denmark   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e University of Florida   (United States)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j Institute of Toxicology   (Denmark)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^l BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Endocrine disrupters; Environment; Estrogenic chemicals; Exposure; Male reproduction; Pesticides; Reproductive disorders; Semen quality; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTROGEN; PESTICIDE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CRYPTORCHISM; EUROPE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTIS CANCER; WILDLIFE;

EID: 1842309752     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104s4741     Document Type: Review

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