Environmental factors and semen quality

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-329

  Jurewicz, Joanna ^a   Hanke, Wojciech ^a,b   Radwan, Michał ^c   Bonde, Jens ^d  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Environmental factors; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRIHALOMETHANE;

CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOBILE PHONE; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

CELLULAR PHONE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PESTICIDES; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TRIHALOMETHANES;

EID: 77749242803     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-009-0036-1     Document Type: Review

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