Sperm function in workers exposed to N,N-dimethylformamide in the synthetic leather industry

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1589-1594

  Chang, Ho Yuan ^a   Shih, Tung Sheng ^b   Guo, Yueliang Leon ^a   Tsai, Ching Yi ^a   Hsu, Ping Chi ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

computer assisted semen analysis (CASA); motility; N,N dimethylformamide (DMF); N methylformamide (NMF); occupational exposure; sperm function

Indexed keywords

N METHYLFORMAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TAIWAN; URINALYSIS; WORKER;

ADULT; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; FORMAMIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; URINE;

EID: 2942518004     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.10.033     Document Type: Article

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