Relationships between heavy metal concentrations in three different body fluids and male reproductive parameters: A pilot study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mendiola, Jaime ^a   Moreno, José M ^b   Roca, Manuela ^a   Vergara Jurez, Nuria ^b   Martínez García, María J ^b   García Snchez, Antonio ^b   Elvira Rendueles, Belén ^b   Moreno Grau, Stella ^b   Lápez Espín, José J ^c   Ten, Jorge ^d   Bernabeu, Rafael ^c,d   Torres Cantero, Alberto M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d Instituto Bernabeu   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FOLLITROPIN; LEAD; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MERCURY; TESTOSTERONE; HEAVY METAL;

AGE CLASS; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; HORMONE; INFERTILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SERUM; TOXIN;

ADULT; ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESTYLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINAL PLASMA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 78651498121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-6     Document Type: Article

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