Increased concentrations of serum inhibin B among male workers with long-term moderate lead exposure

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2603-2607

  Hsieh, Shu Jung ^a   Chiu, Yu Wen ^b   Li, Wan Fen ^c   Wu, Ching Hu ^b   Chen, Hsin I ^d   Chuang, Hung Yi ^a,b  

^a Center of Excellence for Environmental Medicine   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cumulative blood lead index; Inhibin B; Reproductive hormones

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD LEAD LEVELS; CONCENTRATION OF; CUMULATIVE BLOOD LEAD INDEX; FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONES; HEALTH EXAMINATIONS; HORMONE CONCENTRATIONS; INHIBIN B; LEAD EXPOSURES; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODELS; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; PEARSON CORRELATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES; REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS; WEIGHTED INDICES;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENDOCRINOLOGY; HORMONES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

LEAD;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; LEAD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SERUM; SMOKING; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LEAD; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 61649093742     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.12.056     Document Type: Article

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