Endocrine disruptors and falling sperm counts: lessons learned or not!

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Meta-analysis and experimental validation identified atrazine as a toxicant in the male reproductive system.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021
   Pooled it
2. Temporal trends in sperm count: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis.Human reproduction update · 2017
   Pooled it
3. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Exposure and Neurocognitive Function in the General Population: A Community-Based Study.Toxics · 2024
   Article
4. Reproductive toxicity of combined effects of endocrine disruptors on human reproduction.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023
   Review
5. Chronic alcohol-induced dysbiosis of the gut microbiota and gut metabolites impairs sperm quality in mice.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022
   Article
6. Endocrine disrupting chemicals: exposure, effects on human health, mechanism of action, models for testing and strategies for prevention.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2020
   Review
7. Recent advances in understanding endocrine disruptors: DDT and related compounds.Faculty reviews · 2020
   Review
8. Water and soil pollution as determinant of water and food quality/contamination and its impact on male fertility.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2019
   Review
9. Effect of gasoline fumes on reproductive function in male albino rats.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018
   Article
10. Falling sperm counts and global oestrogenic pollution: postscript.Asian journal of andrology · 2013
    Review
11. Epidemiologic methods for investigating male fecundity.Asian journal of andrology
    Review

Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

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Abstract

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