Fertility and markers of male reproductive function in Inuit and European populations spanning large contrasts in blood levels of persistent organochlorines

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-277

  Bonde, Jens Peter ^a   Toft, Gunnar ^a   Rylander, Lars ^b   Rignell Hydbom, Anna ^b   Giwercman, Aleksander ^c   Spano, Marcello ^d   Manicardi, Gian Carlo ^e   Bizzaro, Davide ^f   Ludwicki, Jan K ^g   Zvyezday, Valentina ^h   Bonefeld Jörgensen, Eva C ⁱ   Pedersen, Henning Sloth ^j   Jönsson, Bo A G ^b   Thulstrup, Ane Marie ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^h KHARKIV NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

ⁱ AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^j Centre for Arctic Environmental Medicine   (Greenland)

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Author keywords

Inuit; Polymorphisms; Reproductive health; Semen quality; Sex hormone receptors; Time to pregnancy; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BLOOD LEVEL; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESKIMO; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INUITS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 40849137786     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10700     Document Type: Review

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