Persistent organic pollutants and male reproductive health

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-80

  Vested, Anne ^a   Giwercman, Aleksander ^b   Bonde, Jens Peter ^c   Toft, Gunnar ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

endocrine disruption; male reproduction; persistent organic compounds; reproductive hormones; semen quality

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; DIOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; P, P' DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHYLENE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULTHOOD; BIRTH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SPERM;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 84891923566     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.122345     Document Type: Review

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