Effects on androstenedione in male workers exposed to urban stressors

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 501-506

  Tomei, Gianfranco ^a   Ciarrocca, Manuela ^a   Capozzella, Assuntina ^a   Rosati, Maria Valeria ^a   Vacca, Daniele ^a   Ursini, Antonio ^a   Cangemi, Chiara ^a   Monti, Carlo ^a   Tomei, Francesco ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOYBEAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 33645784185     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370600596110     Document Type: Article

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