| Document ID (ISN) | 108212 |
| CIS number |
08-577 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0962-7480 - Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
2006 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Bonde J.P., Joffe M. |
| Title |
The influence of occupational exposure on male reproductive function |
| Bibliographic information |
Dec. 2006, Vol.56, No.8, p.544-553. 128 ref. |
| Abstract |
This literature survey reviews recent epidemiological studies exploring the effect of occupational exposures on semen quality, fecundity and the ability to conceive. The evidence for an adverse effect on male reproduction of several occupational and environmental exposures and toxicants, such as heat, ionizing radiation, inorganic lead, dibromochloropropane, ethylene dibromide, some ethylene glycol ethers, carbon disulfide and welding operations, is strongly supported in well-designed epidemiological studies. For other agents, the association is only suspected or suggested and needs further evaluation before conclusions can be drawn. Many workers in the developing countries are still exposed to substances that are banned in developed countries, sometimes in high concentrations. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
antifertility effects; male workers; risk factors; spermatogenic disturbances; toxic substances |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
ionizing radiation; literature survey; carbon disulfide; alkoxyethanols; lead and compounds; pesticides; hot workplaces; heat load; Nemagon; agriculture; developing countries; dibromoethane; welding and cutting; epidemiology |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Denmark; United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the reproductive system
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
Antifertility and prenatal effects
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