Urinary Concentrations of Parabens and Serum Hormone Levels, Semen Quality Parameters, and Sperm DNA Damage

Background: Parabens are commonly used as antimicrobial preservatives in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and food and beverage processing. Widespread human exposure to parabens has been recently documented, and some parabens have demonstrated adverse effects on male reproduction in animal studies. Howev...

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Published in:	Environmental health perspectives Vol. 119; no. 2; pp. 252 - 257
Main Authors:	Meeker, John D., Yang, Tiffany, Ye, Xiaoyun, Calafat, Antonia M., Hauser, Russ
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Research Triangle Park, NC National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 01.02.2011 US Department of Health and Human Services
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Back propagation Biological and medical sciences Birth control Bisphenol A Comets Composition Cosmetics Damage Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA DNA damage DNA Damage - drug effects Environment. Living conditions Environmental health Epidemiology Female Genetic aspects Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Health aspects Hormones Humans Infertility Linear Models Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Parabens Parabens - analysis Parabens - toxicity Polypropylenes Preservatives Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Reproductive health Samples Semen Semen Analysis Spermatozoa Spermatozoa - drug effects Spermatozoa - metabolism Statistical analysis Statistical methods Sterility. Assisted procreation Testosterone Urine Young Adult United States North America America Hormone Urine Semen Toxicity Biological marker Exposure Thyroid gland Concentration biomarker Epidemiology Reproduction Health and environment thyroid Fertility Alkyl 4-hydroxybenzoate DNA Quality Clinical biology Parameter Male sterility Male genital diseases Public health endocrine
ISSN:	0091-6765, 1552-9924, 1552-9924
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