Persistent organochlorine pollutants and human reproductive health

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Toft, Gunnar ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHYLENE; ESTRADIOL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,4,5,2',4',5'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRACEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE FERTILITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FISHERY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MALE; MANPOWER; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POLLUTANT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TOXICITY;

ADULT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FISHERIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 84930691719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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