Mind the gap: Can we explain declining male reproductive health with known antiandrogens?

Reproduction

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 515-527

  Kortenkamp, Andreas ^a   Scholze, Martin ^a   Ermler, Sibylle ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 3 (4 METHYLBENZYLIDENE)CAMPHOR; 3 BENZYLIDENE CAMPHOR; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BENZOPHENONE; BUTYL PARABEN; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; BUTYLCRESOL; CAMPHOR DERIVATIVE; ETHYL PARABEN; GALAXOLIDE; METHYL PARABEN; OXYBENZONE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PROPYL PARABEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIANDROGEN; DRUG MIXTURE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DEL CASTILLO SYNDROME; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOSPADIAS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG MIXTURE; INFERTILITY, MALE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TOXICITY;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPLEX MIXTURES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 84896351045     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-13-0440     Document Type: Article

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