Luteinizing hormone (LH) levels in male workers exposed to urban stressors

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4591-4595

  Tomao, Enrico ^a   Tomei, Gianfranco ^b   Rosati, Maria Valeria ^b   Caciari, Tiziana ^b   Danese, Daniele ^b   Gamberale, Daniele ^c   Vacca, Daniele ^b   Palermo, Paola ^b   Anzelmo, Vincenza ^d   Tomei, Francesco ^b  

^a General Office for Military Health Defence General Staff   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ASL RME   (Italy)

^d Municipality of Rome   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertility disorders; Male traffic police; Plasma luteinizing hormone (LH); Urban stressors

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FERTILITY DISORDERS; MALE TRAFFIC POLICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASMA CONCENTRATION; PLASMA LEVELS; TRAFFIC POLICEMEN; URBAN STRESSORS; WORKING LIFE;

PERSONNEL; PLASMAS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

LAW ENFORCEMENT;

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

BODY MASS; DRINKING; FERTILITY; HORMONE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASMA; SMOKING;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL STRESS; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; ITALY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 67349133583     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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