Assessing the reproductive health of men with occupational exposures

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-30

  Schrader, Steven M ^a   Marlow, Katherine L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

accessory glands; endocrine; epidemiology; semen; sexual function; sperm; testis; toxicology

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIBROMO 3 CHLOROPROPANE;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TESTIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPANE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 84891927809     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.122352     Document Type: Review

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