Air pollution and decreased semen quality: A comparative study of Chongqing urban and rural areas

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 187, Issue , 2014, Pages 145-152

  Zhou, Niya ^a   Cui, Zhihong ^a   Yang, Sanming ^b   Han, Xue ^a   Chen, Gangcai ^b   Zhou, Ziyuan ^a   Zhai, Chongzhi ^b   Ma, Mingfu ^c,d   Li, Lianbing ^c,d   Cai, Min ^d   Li, Yafei ^a   Ao, Lin ^a   Shu, Weiqun ^a   Liu, Jinyi ^a   Cao, Jia ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Environmental Science   (China)

^c Chongqing Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Reproductive Health   (China)

^d Chongqing Institute of Science and Technology for Population and Family Planning   (China)

Author keywords

NO2; PM10; Regional variation; Rural area; Semen quality; SO2; Urban area

Indexed keywords

NO(2); PM(10); REGIONAL VARIATION; RURAL AREA; SEMEN QUALITY; SO(2); URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL POPULATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84893219872     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.12.030     Document Type: Article

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