A pilot study associating urinary concentrations of phthalate metabolites and semen quality

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-154

  Wirth, Julia J ^a   Rossano, Mary G ^b   Potter, Rachel ^c   Puscheck, Elizabeth ^d   Daly, Douglas C ^e   Paneth, Nigel ^a   Krawetz, Stephen A ^d   Protas, Bridget M ^a   Diamond, Michael P ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

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

^e Grand Rapids Fertility and IVF   (United States)

Author keywords

biomonitoring; exposure; Great Lakes; phthalate; sperm

Indexed keywords

MONOMETHYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UNITED STATES; URINE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADULT; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; GREAT LAKES REGION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 51449106917     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19396360802055921     Document Type: Review

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