Sperm quality, birth rates and the environment in Flanders (Belgium)

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-137

  Comhaire, Frank H ^a   Mahmoud, Ahmed M A ^a   Schoonjans, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Birth rates; Dioxin; Endocrine disrupters; Heavy metals; Polyaromatic hydrocarbons; Sperm parameters; Time trends; Xenoestrogens

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIRTH RATE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; BELGIUM; BIRTH RATE; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33846807747     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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