Effects of occupational solvent exposure on reproductive hormone concentrations and fecundabiity in men

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 614-626

  Luderer, Ulrike ^a,d   Bushley, Abigail ^b,c   Stover, Bert D ^b   Bremner, William J ^b   Faustman, Elaine M ^b   Takaro, Timothy K ^b   Checkoway, Harvey ^b   Brodkin, Carl Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecundability; Fertility; Follicle stimulating hormone; Gonadotropins; Luteinizing hormone; Solvents; Testosterone; Time to pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; FOLLITROPIN; HORMONE; SOLVENT; TESTOSTERONE; THINNER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARPENTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONADAL HORMONES; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLVENTS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 9344252229     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20100     Document Type: Article

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