Exposure to perfluorinated compounds and human semen quality in arctic and European populations

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2532-2540

  Toft, G ^a   Jonsson B A G ^b   Lindh, C H ^b   Giwercman, A ^b   Spano, M ^c   Heederik, D ^d   Lenters, V ^d   Vermeulen, R ^d   Rylander, L ^b   Pedersen, H S ^e   Ludwicki, J K ^f   Zviezdai, V ^g   Bonde, J P ^h  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Centre for Arctic Environmental Medicine   (Greenland)

^f NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^g KHARKIV NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^h Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Perflourinated compounds; PFOA; PFOS; Semen quality; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLAND; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UKRAINE;

EID: 84870014488     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des185     Document Type: Article

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