Could hormone residues be involved?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1503-1505

  vom Saal, Frederick S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Hormone residues in meat; Male infertility; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HORMONE; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BEEF CATTLE; CANADA; CRYPTORCHISM; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DRUG USE; FOOD SAFETY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; HYPOTHESIS; LACTATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE INFERTILITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEAT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS CANCER; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34447309743     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem092     Document Type: Note

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