Urinary phthalate monoesters concentration in couples with infertility problems

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-20

  Tranfo, Giovanna ^a   Caporossi, Lidia ^a   Paci, Enrico ^a   Aragona, Cesare ^b   Romanzi, Daniela ^b   De Carolis, Caterina ^c   De Rosa, Mariangela ^a   Capanna, Silvia ^a   Papaleo, Bruno ^a   Pera, Alessandra ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Case control study; Endocrine interferent; Environmental exposure; Infertility; Phthalates

Indexed keywords

DI (2 ETHYLHEXYL) PHTHALATE; DI ETHYLPHTHALATE; DI N BUTYLPHTHALATE; N BUTYLBENZYLPHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXICOKINETICS; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84864313684     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.11.033     Document Type: Article

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