Impact of PCB and p,p′-DDE contaminants on human sperm Y:X chromosome ratio: Studies in three European populations and the Inuit population in Greenland

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 718-724

  Tiido, Tarmo ^a   Rignell Hydbom, Anna ^b   Jönsson, Bo A G ^b   Giwercman, Yvonne Lundberg ^a,b   Pedersen, Henning S ^c   Wojtyniak, Bogdan ^d   Ludwicki, Jan K ^d   Lesovoy, Vladimir ^e   Zvyezday, Valentyna ^f   Spano, Marcello ^g   Manicardi, Gian Carlo ^h   Bizzaro, Davide ⁱ   Bonefeld Jørgensen, Eva C ^j   Toft, Gunnar ^k   Bonde, Jens Peter ^k   Rylander, Lars ^b   Hagmar, Lars ^b   Giwercman, Aleksander ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Centre for Arctic Environmental Medicine   (Greenland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^e Regional Clinical Center of Urology and Nephrology   (Ukraine)

^f KHARKIV NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^g ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^j AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^k AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

p,p DDE; Polychlorinated biphenyls; POP; Sex chromosomes; Sex ratio; Sperm

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISHERMAN; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GREENLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SAMPLE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; SEX RATIO; SPERMATOZOON; SWEDEN; UKRAINE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; COHORT STUDIES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33646353911     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8668     Document Type: Article

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