Distribution of persistent organochlorine contaminants in infertile patients from Tanzania and Germany

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 393-399

  Weiss, Jürgen M ^a   Bauer, Otmar ^a   Blüthgen, Albrecht ^b   Ludwig, Annika K ^a   Vollersen, Elke ^a   Kaisi, Malise ^c   Al Hasani, Safaa ^a   Diedrich, Klaus ^a   Ludwig, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d ENDOKRINOLOGIKUM HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; DDT; Fertility; PCB; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DECAPEPTYL GYN DEPOT; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; POLLUTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; TANZANIA;

DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DIELDRIN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN; TANZANIA;

EID: 33845533345     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-006-9069-6     Document Type: Article

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