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Document ID (ISN)33434
CIS number 80-795
ISSN - Serial title 0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine
Year 1980
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Venable J.R., McClimans C.D., Flake R.E., Dimick D.B.
Title A fertility study of male employees engaged in the manufacture of glycerine.
Bibliographic information Feb. 1980, Vol.22, No.2, p.87-91. 5 ref.
Abstract 64 men employed in the glycerine department of a chemical factory, exposed to epichlorohydrin, allyl chloride, and 1,3-dichloropropene, or combinations of them, and 63 controls were studied. Data were obtained by medical history, hormone determinations, medical examination, and semen analysis. No detrimental effect on fertility from exposure to chlorinated 3-carbon compounds was observed.
Descriptors (primary) dichloropropene; allyl chloride; spermatogenic disturbances; glycerine; epichlorohydrin
Descriptors (secondary) comparative study
Document type -
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Alcohols
Ethylene oxide
Diseases of the reproductive system
Halogenated hydrocarbons
Ethers