Title
Semen quality and reproductive sex hormone levels in peruvian pesticide sprayers
Date Issued
01 January 2006
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Hamilton Hardy Publishing Inc.
Abstract
To determine the association between occupational pesticide exposure and semen quality among sprayers using organophosphate (OPs) pesticides, 31 pesticide sprayers and 80 men who were not exposed were studied. Semen and blood samples were obtained one day after last pesticide application. Semen samples were analyzed for sperm concentration, percentage of sperm motility, percentage of normal morphology, and fructose and zinc concentrations. Blood samples were analyzed for sex hormones. Pesticide sprayers had significantly reduced age-adjusted seminal volume, percentage of motility, percentage of sperm with normal morphology, serum luteinizing hormone, serum testosterone levels, and seminal zinc concentration (a marker of prostate function), as well as significantly increased time of liquefaction, seminal pH, percentage of immature sperm morphology, and leukocyte concentration. These findings provide further evidence that occupational exposures to OP pesticides adversely affect semen quality and sex hormones.
Start page
355
End page
361
Volume
12
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Andrología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-33845327132
Source
International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
ISSN of the container
10773525
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