Association between exposure to persistent organohalogen pollutants and epididymal and accessory sex gland function: Multicentre study in Inuit and European populations

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 765-773

  Elzanaty, Saad ^a   Rignell Hydbom, Anna ^a   Jönsson, Bo A G ^a   Pedersen, Henning S ^b   Ludwicki, Jan K ^c   Shevets, Maryna ^d   Zvyezday, Valentyna ^d   Toft, Gunnar ^e   Bonde, Jens Peter ^e   Rylander, Lars ^a   Hagmar, Lars ^a   Bonefeld Jorgensen, Ewa ^f   Spano, Marcello ^g   Bizzaro, Davide ^h   Manicardi, Gian Carlo ⁱ   Giwercman, Aleksander ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Centre for Arctic Environmental Medicine   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^d KHARKIV NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accessory sex glands; CB 153; Epididymis; p,p DDE

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; ZINC;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; FISHERMAN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLAND; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FISHERIES; GENITALIA, MALE; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INUITS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; UKRAINE;

EID: 33749989830     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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