Associations between urinary phthalate concentrations and semen quality parameters in a general population

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2645-2657

  Bloom, M S ^a   Whitcomb, B W ^b   Chen, Z ^c   Ye, A ^c   Kannan, K ^a,d   Buck Louis, G M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

endocrine disrupting chemicals; phthalates; plasticizers; semen; sperm

Indexed keywords

MONO (2 ETHYL 5 CARBOXYPENTYL)PHTHALATE; MONO (2 ETHYL 5 HYDROXYHEXYL)PHTHALATE; MONO (2 ETHYL 5 OXOHEXYL)PHTHALATE; MONO (2 ISOBUTYL PHTHALATE); MONO (3 CARBOXYPROPYL)PHTHALATE; MONO [(2 CARBOXYMETHYL)HEXYL]PHTHALATE; MONOBENZYL PHTHALATE; MONOBUTYL PHTHALATE; MONOCYLCOHEXYL PHTHALATE; MONOETHYL PHTHALATE; MONOISONONYL PHTHALATE; MONOMETHYL PHTHALATE; MONOOCTYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHTHALIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; ABNORMALITIES; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATOZOON; TEXAS; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946402927     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev219     Document Type: Article

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