Glycol ethers and semen quality: A cross-sectional study among male workers in the Paris Municipality

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 467-473

  Multigner, L ^a   Ben Brik, E ^b   Arnaud, I ^a   Haguenoer, J M ^c   Jouannet, P ^d,e   Auger, J ^d,e   Eustache, F ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^c Institut de Santé au Travail du Nord de la France   (France)

^d Institut de Santé au Travail du Nord de la France ^*  (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHER; GLYCOL; HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FRANCE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; TESTIS FUNCTION; URINALYSIS; WORKER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLYCERYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PARIS; SEMEN; SOLVENTS; SPERM COUNT; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34347371080     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.023952     Document Type: Article

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