The environment and male fertility: Recent research on emerging chemicals and semen quality

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 156-167

  Hauser, Russ ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Pesticides; Phthalates; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS CANCER; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

AGE FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PESTICIDES; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEMEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745686467     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-944422     Document Type: Article

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