Urinary bisphenol a levels in young men: Association with reproductive hormones and semen quality

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 478-484

  Lassen, Tina Harmer ^a   Frederiksen, Hanne ^a   Jensen, Tina Kold ^a,b   Petersen, Jørgen Holm ^a,c   Joensen, Ulla N ^a   Main, Katharina M ^a   Skakkebaek, Niels E ^a   Juul, Anders ^a   Jørgensen, Niels ^a   Andersson, Anna Maria ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4, 4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SPERM; TOXICITY; URINE;

BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PHENOLS; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84899723215     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1307309     Document Type: Article

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