Reproductive hormone levels in men exposed to persistent organohalogen pollutants: A study of inuit and three European cohorts

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1348-1353

  Giwercman, Aleksander ^a   Rignell Hydbom, Anna ^a   Toft, Gunnar ^b   Rylander, Lars ^a   Hagmar, Lars ^a   Lindh, Christian ^a   Pedersen, Henning S ^c   Ludwicki, Jan K ^d   Lesovoy, Vladimir ^e   Shvets, Maryna ^e   Spano, Marcello ^f   Manicardi, Gian Carlo ^g   Bizzaro, Davide ^h   Bonefeld Jorgensen, Eva C ⁱ   Bonde, Jens Peter ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Centre for Arctic Environmental Medicine   (Greenland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^e KHARKIV NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^f ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

ⁱ AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CB 153; Endocrine disruptors; Estradiol; Follicle stimulating hormone; FSH; Inhibin B; LH; Luteinizing hormone; p, p' DDE; Persistent organohalogen pollutants; Reproductive hormones; Sex hormone binding globulin; SHBG; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESKIMO; EUROPE; FISHERMAN; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; GREENLAND; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLAND; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SWEDEN; UKRAINE;

COHORT STUDIES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTRADIOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33745290551     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8935     Document Type: Article

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