Pesticide exposure alters follicle-stimulating hormone levels in Mexican agricultural workers

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1160-1163

  Recio, Rogelio ^a,b   Ocampo Gómez, Guadalupe ^b   Morán Martínez, Javier ^b   Borja Aburto, Victor ^c   López Cervantes, Malaquías ^d   Uribe, Marisela ^a   Torres Sánchez, Luisa ^d   Cebrián, Mariano E ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE COAHUILA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alkylphosphates; Endocrine disruptors; Estradiol; FSH; LH; Organophosphorous pesticides; Prolactin; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLITE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 25844475267     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7374     Document Type: Article

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