Occupational and environmental exposures to heavy metals: Risk factors for male infertility in Lebanon?

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-212

  Inhorn, Marcia C ^a   King, Luke ^a   Nriagu, Jerome O ^a   Kobeissi, Loulou ^a   Hammoud, Najwa ^b   Awwad, Johnny ^b   Abu Musa, Antoine A ^b   Hannoun, Antoine B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Heavy metals; Lebanon; Male infertility; Occupational health; War

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLLUTANT; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39749202482     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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