Human exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals and fertility: A case-control study in male subfertility patients

Environment International

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 154-160

  Den Hond, Elly ^a,b   Tournaye, Herman ^c   De Sutter, Petra ^d   Ombelet, Willem ^e,f   Baeyens, Willy ^g   Covaci, Adrian ^h   Cox, Bianca ^f   Nawrot, Tim S ^f,i   Van Larebeke, Nik ^g,j   D'Hooghe, Thomas ^k  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^f HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^j GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHENOLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CHLORINATED PESTICIDES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; MULTI VARIABLES; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; QUANTIFICATION LIMIT;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; OXYCHLORDANE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEX HORMONE; TRICLOSAN; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; DIOXIN; PESTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOMARKER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FERTILITY; GUIDELINE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; HORMONE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; URINE LEVEL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; FERTILITY; POLLUTANT; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY;

ADULT; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIOXINS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; PHENOLS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84940383491     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.07.017     Document Type: Article

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