Parallel assessment of male reproductive function in workers and wild rats exposed to pesticides in banana plantations in Guadeloupe

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Multigner, Luc ^a,b   Kadhel, Philippe ^a,b,c,d   Pascal, Michel ^e   Huc Terki, Farida ^f   Kercret, Henri ^a,b   Massart, Catherine ^g   Janky, Eustase ^c,d   Auger, Jacques ^h   Jégou, Bernard ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

^f CIST   (Guadeloupe)

^g PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h CHU Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANANA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLANTATION; POLLUTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GUADELOUPE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SPERM;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENITALIA, MALE; GUADELOUPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RATS; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 50249147864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-40     Document Type: Article

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