An epidemiological study of reproductive function biomarkers in male welders

Biomarkers

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 497-509

  Ellingsen, Dag G ^a   Chashchin, Valery ^b   Haug, Egil ^c   Chashchin, Maxime ^b   Tkachenko, Vitaly ^d   Lubnina, Natalya ^e   Bast Pettersen, Rita ^a   Thomassen, Yngvar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORTH WEST PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^c AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Medical Centre   (Russian Federation)

^e Public Medical Centre 5   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Inhibin B; Manganese; Prolactin; Welders

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INHIBIN B; MANGANESE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL DAMAGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; SERTOLI CELL; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; WELDING; WELDING FUME; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INHIBINS; MALE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE POISONING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROLACTIN; RUSSIA; SMOKING; WELDING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 34548181105     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: 13665804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547500701366496     Document Type: Article

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