منابع مشابه
Environmental xenobiotics and male reproductive health
toxicants.3 Following the Seveso disaster in northern Italy in 1976, a remarkable increase in the proportion of girls was reported among offspring of heavily dioxin exposed men.4 Thus, the overarching question is not whether environmental chemicals may represent a hazard to male reproductive health, but how important this hazard at exposure levels found in the general population is in compariso...
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Male reproductive health has deteriorated in many countries during the last few decades. In the 1990s, declining semen quality has been reported from Belgium, Denmark, France, and Great Britain. The incidence of testicular cancer has increased during the same time incidences of hypospadias and cryptorchidism also appear to be increasing. Similar reproductive problems occur in many wildlife spec...
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1School of Biological Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Central University, Sagar, India 2Centre for Advanced Studies in Zoology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India 3Division of Reproductive Biology, Maternal and Child Health, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India 4Department of Molecular Biology, National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Indian Council of Medical R...
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Effects of endocrine disruptors on experimental animals and wildlife are well established. Antiandrogens and estrogens cause reproductive disorders, such as cryptorchidism, hypospadias, testicular dysgenesis and subfertility. This raises a natural question whether these disorders in humans are also caused by endocrine disrupters and whether they should alert us of harmful exposures. While we st...
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In addition to the challenges inherent in environmental health risk assessment, the study of reproductive health requires thorough consideration of the very definition of reproductive risk. Researchers have yet to determine which end points need to be considered to comprehensively evaluate a community's reproductive health. Several scientific issues should be considered in the selection of end ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1040-872X
DOI: 10.1097/gco.0b013e3283404e59