ArticleSafety and health at work2018
Assessment of Semen Quality among Workers Exposed to Heat Stress: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Steel Industry.
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- A comprehensive review on potential role of selenium, selenoproteins and selenium nanoparticles in male fertility.Heliyon · 2024Review
- The role of the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis in human ejaculated sperm damage under a state of scrotal heat stress.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2024Article
- Environmental and Genetic Traffic in the Journey from Sperm to Offspring.Biomolecules · 2023Review
- 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
- Association of occupations with decreased semen quality in eastern China: a cross-sectional study of 12 301 semen donors.BMJ open · 2022Article
- The Impact of High Ambient Temperature on Human Sperm Parameters: A Meta-Analysis.Iranian journal of public health · 2022Review
- Scrotal Reconstruction Using a Free Ulnar Forearm Flap: A Case Report.Journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2022Article
- Reprotoxic Impact of Environment, Diet, and Behavior.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Risk of Heat-Related Mortality, Disease, Accident, and Injury Among Korean Workers: A National Representative Study From 2002 to 2015.GeoHealth · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study was conducted to investigate the heat stress and semen quality among male workers in a steel industry in Iran and investigate the relationship between heat stress indices and semen parameters.
methodsThe study was conducted on workers exposed (
resultsTime-weighted averages of WBGT and PHS (35.76°C and 491.56 w/m
conclusionSemen parameters of the studied workers exposed to heat were in the borderline level of normozoospermic range, and their semen parameters were significantly lower than controls. For better assessment of occupational environment concerning physiological and semen parameters in steel industries, WBGT can be a more useful index.
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