Comparative study of dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene in blood and semen of two young male populations: Lack of relationship to infertility, but evidence of high exposure of the mothers

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-220

  Charlier, Corinne J ^a   Foidart, Jean Michel ^b  

^a CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; Hypofertility; Mother exposure; Semen quality; Xenoestrogens

Indexed keywords

DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHYLENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANDROLOGY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MOTHER; PATIENT CODING; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; STANDARD; SUBFERTILITY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 19444370446     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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