Male reproductive disorders in humans and prenatal indicators of estrogen exposure: A review of published epidemiological studies

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-15

  Storgaard, Lone ^a,b   Bonde, Jens Peter ^a   Olsen, Jørn ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Epidemiology; Estrogen hypothesis; Hypospadias; Prenatal exposure; Review; Sperm density; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

CONCEPTION; CRYPTORCHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS CANCER; TWIN PREGNANCY;

CRYPTORCHIDISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SPERM COUNT; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 30044434597     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2005.05.006     Document Type: Review

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