Associations between serum phthalates and biomarkers of reproductive function in 589 adult men

Environment International

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 146-156

  Specht, Ina Olmer ^a   Toft, Gunnar ^b   Hougaard, Karin S ^c   Lindh, Christian H ^d   Lenters, Virissa ^e   Jönsson, Bo A G ^d   Heederik, Dick ^e   Giwercman, Aleksander ^f   Bonde, Jens Peter E ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Di 2 ethylhexyl phthalate; Diisononyl phthalate; Fertility; Metabolic pathway; Reproduction; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ESTERS; HORMONES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DI-ISONONYL PHTHALATE; FERTILITY; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE;

BODY FLUIDS;

PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIISONONYL ESTER; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMARKER; FERTILITY; HORMONE; METABOLITE; PHTHALATE; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPOUSE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; POLAND; UKRAINE;

DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DIISONONYL PHTHALATE; FERTILITY; METABOLIC PATHWAY; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GONADAL HORMONES; GREENLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLAND; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UKRAINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894547298     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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