An application of multivariate ranks to assess effects from combining factors: Metal exposures and semen analysis outcomes

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 3503-3514

  Ramamoorthi, R V ^a   Rossano, M G ^b   Paneth, N ^b   Gardiner, J C ^b   Diamond, M P ^c   Puscheck, E ^c   Daly, D C ^d   Potter, R C ^e   Wirth, J J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Grand Rapids Fertility and IVF   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Metals; Semen parameters; Sperm; U scores

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEMEN;

EID: 48249132476     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3236     Document Type: Article

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