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Document ID (ISN)44327
CIS number 85-1439
ISSN - Serial title 0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine
Year 1985
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Rosenberg M.J., Wyrobek A.J., Ratcliffe J., Gordon L.A., Watchmaker G., Fox S.H., Moore D.H., Hornung R.W.
Title Sperm as an indicator of reproductive risk among petroleum refinery workers
Bibliographic information Feb. 1985, Vol.42, No.2, p.123-127. 17 ref.
Abstract A cross-sectional evaluation of sperm concentration and of the proportion of sperm with abnormal morphology in 34 men exposed to organic compounds in the wastewater treatment plant of a petroleum refinery and in 74 controls. No significant spermatogenic effects were found among the exposed workers.
Descriptors (primary) petroleum products; sewage treatment; petroleum refining; spermatogenic disturbances
Descriptors (secondary) comparative study
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Chemicals, plastics and rubber
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Petroleum and natural gas industry
Diseases of the reproductive system
Petrochemical industry