ReviewAsian journal of andrology2010
Male reproductive organs are at risk from environmental hazards.
Review in Asian journal of andrology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 124 citations in OpenAlex.
- The role of the radiologist in the evaluation of male infertility: recommendations of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology-Scrotal and Penile Imaging Working Group (ESUR-SPIWG) for scrotal imaging.European radiology · 2025Guideline
- Infertility Risk and Employment History Among US Women: Findings From National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013-2014.American journal of industrial medicine · 2026Article
- Heavy metal accumulation and its association with epididymal sperm morphometrics in dromedary camels with penile and preputial pathologies.Veterinary world · 2025Article
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- The effects of vitamin C and vitamin B12 on improving spermatogenesis in mice subjected to long-term scrotal heat stress.Clinical and experimental reproductive medicine · 2024Article
- Occupational Exposure to Physical and Chemical Risk Factors: A Systematic Review of Reproductive Pathophysiological Effects in Women and Men.Safety and health at work · 2023Review
- The earthquake's effect on the men's sexual function; 1 year after the earthquake's occurrence: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2022Article
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- Rapamycin Ameliorates Radiation-Induced Testis Damage in Mice.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Article
- Impact of Heavy Metals on Human Male Fertility-An Overview.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Effects of Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury on the Structure and Function of Reproductive Organs.Toxics · 2020Review
- Regional difference in semen quality of young men: a review on the implication of environmental and lifestyle factors during fetal life and adulthood.Basic and clinical andrology · 2020Review
- High-precision microbeam radiotherapy reveals testicular tissue-sparing effects for male fertility preservation.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Utility and Predictive Value of Human Standard Semen Parameters and Sperm DNA Dispersion for Fertility Potential.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Impotentia generandi in male dromedary camels: heavy metal and trace element profiles and their relations to clinical findings and semen quality.Tropical animal health and production · 2019Article
- Effects of maternal inhalation of carbon black nanoparticles on reproductive and fertility parameters in a four-generation study of male mice.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2019Article
- Chips off the Old Block: How a Father's Preconception Exposures Might Affect the Health of His Children.Environmental health perspectives · 2018Article
- Pulmonary exposure to carbonaceous nanomaterials and sperm quality.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2018Article
- Clinical and Para Clinical Information Needs of Infertility Electronic Health Records in Iran: A Delphi Study.Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH · 2017Article
- Enhancement of X-ray Induced Apoptosis by Mobile Phone-Like Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields in Mouse Spermatocyte-Derived Cells.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
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Abstract
Male reproductive disorders that are of interest from an environmental point of view include sexual dysfunction, infertility, cryptorchidism, hypospadias and testicular cancer. Several reports suggest declining sperm counts and increase of these reproductive disorders in some areas during some time periods past 50 years. Except for testicular cancer this evidence is circumstantial and needs cautious interpretation. However, the male germ line is one of the most sensitive tissues to the damaging effects of ionizing radiation, radiant heat and a number of known toxicants. So far occupational hazards are the best documented risk factors for impaired male reproductive function and include physical exposures (radiant heat, ionizing radiation, high frequency electromagnetic radiation), chemical exposures (some solvents as carbon disulfide and ethylene glycol ethers, some pesticides as dibromochloropropane, ethylendibromide and DDT/DDE, some heavy metals as inorganic lead and mercury) and work processes such as metal welding. Improved working conditions in affluent countries have dramatically decreased known hazardous workplace exposures, but millions of workers in less affluent countries are at risk from reproductive toxicants. New data show that environmental low-level exposure to biopersistent pollutants in the diet may pose a risk to people in all parts of the world. For other toxicants the evidence is only suggestive and further evaluation is needed before conclusions can be drawn. Whether compounds as phthalates, bisphenol A and boron that are present in a large number of industrial and consumer products entails a risk remains to be established. The same applies to psychosocial stressors and use of mobile phones. Finally, there are data indicating a particular vulnerability of the fetal testis to toxicants-for instance maternal tobacco smoking. Time has come where male reproductive toxicity should be addressed form entirely new angles including exposures very early in life.
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