Organophosphorous pesticide exposures and sperm quality

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-79

  Perry, Melissa J ^a   Venners, Scott A ^b   Chen, Xing ^a   Liu, Xue ^c   Tang, Genfu ^c   Xing, Houxun ^c   Barr, Dana Boyd ^d   Xu, Xiping ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Hormones; Insecticides; Male; Organophosphorous; Pesticides; Reproduction; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; RURAL AREA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551613762     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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