Semen quality and the level of reproductive hormones after environmental exposure to pyrethroids

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1113-1119

  Radwan, Michał ^a   Jurewicz, Joanna ^b   Wielgomas, Bartosz ^c   Sobala, Wojciech ^b   Piskunowicz, Marta ^c   Radwan, Paweł ^a   Hanke, Wojciech ^b  

^a Gameta Hospital   (Poland)

^b NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 PHENOXYBENZOIC ACID; CIS 2,2 DIBROMOVINYL 2,2 DIMETHYLCYCLOPROPANE 1 CARBOXYLIC ACID; CIS 3 (2,2 DICHLOROVINYL) 2,2 DIMETHYLCYCLOPROPANE CARBOXYLIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; PYRETHROID; TESTOSTERONE; TRANS 3 (2,2 DICHLOROVINYL) 2,2 DIMETHYLCYCLOPROPANE CARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3-(2,2-DIBROMOVINYL)-2,2-DIMETHYLCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID; 3-(2,2-DICHLOROVINYL)-2,2-DIMETHYLCYCLOPROPANE CARBOXYLIC ACID; 3-PHENOXYBENZOIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SMOKING; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TOXICITY; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BENZOATES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTRADIOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; PYRETHRINS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916201073     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000297     Document Type: Article

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