Men at risk: occupation and male infertility

The question of declining sperm density revisited: an analysis of 101 studies published 1934-1996.

2000 • 684 citations

INFERTILITY IN MALE PESTICIDE WORKERS

1977 • 649 citations

Reproductive Ability of Workmen Occupationally Exposed to Lead

1975 • 469 citations

Semen quality and reproductive endocrine function in relation to biomarkers of lead, cadmium, zinc, and copper in men.

2000 • 397 citations

Male infertility and environmental exposure to lead and cadmium

2000 • 374 citations

Role of environmental estrogens in the deterioration of male factor fertility

2002 • 250 citations

Occupational heat exposure and male fertility: a review

1998 • 246 citations

Traffic pollutants affect fertility in men

2003 • 219 citations

Infertility in male pesticide workers

1977 • 219 citations

Treatment of Chlordecone (Kepone) Toxicity with Cholestyramine

1978 • 208 citations

Effects of exposure to ethylene glycol ethers on shipyard painters: II. Male reproduction

1988 • 206 citations

Testicular function in DBCP exposed pesticide workers.

1979 • 188 citations

Semen quality and sexual hormones in greenhouse workers

2000 • 178 citations

Exposure to diesel exhaust affects the male reproductive system of mice

1999 • 139 citations

Polychlorobiphenyl congeners,p,p?-DDE, and sperm function in humans

1986 • 138 citations

Spontaneous abortions and congenital malformations among the wives of men occupationally exposed to organic solvents.

1989 • 130 citations

Sperm shape abnormalities in carbaryl-exposed employees

1981 • 129 citations

Fertility of male workers exposed to mercury vapor or to manganese dust: A questionnaire study

1985 • 124 citations

Effects of prolonged autovehicle driving on male reproductive function: A study among taxi drivers

1996 • 122 citations

Reproductive hazards among workers at high voltage substations

1983 • 114 citations

Paternal occupational lead exposure and spontaneous abortion.

1991 • 110 citations

Semen quality in papaya workers with long term exposure to ethylene dibromide.

1987 • 108 citations

Occupational Pesticide Exposure and Semen Quality Among Chinese Workers

2000 • 105 citations

Methods and basic data of case-control study of leukaemia and lymphoma among young people near Sellafield nuclear plant in West Cumbria.

1990 • 104 citations

Sperm aneuploidy among Chinese pesticide factory workers: Scoring by the FISH method

1999 • 102 citations

Environmental Factors in Infertility

2000 • 101 citations

Semen quality of workers occupationally exposed to hydrocarbons

2000 • 101 citations

Blood Concentrations of Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Zinc, and Copper and Human Semen Parameters

1992 • 98 citations

Semen quality and sex hormones among mild steel and stainless steel welders: a cross sectional study.

1990 • 97 citations

Exposure to ethylene glycol ethers and spermatogenic disorders in man: a case-control study.

1993 • 97 citations

PARENTAL OCCUPATION AND INTRACRANIAL NEOPLASMS OF CHILDHOOD: RESULTS OF A CASE-CONTROL INTERVIEW STUDY

1990 • 93 citations

Environmental organochlorines and semen quality: results of a pilot study.

2002 • 91 citations

Semen quality in workers exposed to 2-ethoxyethanol.

1989 • 91 citations

Exposure to fat solvents: A possible cause of sacral agenesis in man

1968 • 89 citations

Effect of Cr(VI) Exposure on Sperm Quality: Human and Animal Studies

2001 • 84 citations

Parental employment at time of conception and risk of cancer in offspring

1991 • 84 citations

Effect of Cr(VI) Exposure on Sperm Quality: Human and Animal Studies

2001 • 83 citations

Effects of paternal occupational exposure on spontaneous abortions.

1991 • 83 citations

A CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO LOW-LEVEL IONIZING RADIATION

1988 • 82 citations

A study of the effect of perchloroethylene exposure on semen quality in dry cleaning workers

1991 • 82 citations

Fertility and semen quality of workers exposed to high temperatures in the ceramics industry

1992 • 76 citations

Human Sperm Motility is Affected by Plasticizers and Diesel Particle Extracts

1993 • 75 citations

Perinatal Outcome among Children of Men Exposed to Lead and Organic Solvents in the Printing Industry

1993 • 71 citations

Male mediated teratogenesis

1993 • 70 citations

Cigarette smoking and the outcomes of in vitro fertilization: measurement of effect size and levels of action

1994 • 70 citations

Semen quality and sex hormones with reference to metal welding

1998 • 68 citations

Retrospective Evaluation of Reproductive Performance of Workers Exposed to Ethylene Dibromide (EDB)

1979 • 65 citations

2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid residues in semen of Ontario farmers

1999 • 62 citations

Reproductive Outcomes in Families of DBCP-Exposed Men

1984 • 61 citations

Change in semen quality and sperm chromatin structure following occupational styrene exposure

1999 • 60 citations

Fertility among Danish male welders.

1990 • 60 citations

Epidemiological Assessment of Occupationally Related, Chemically Induced Sperm Count Suppression

1980 • 59 citations

Semen quality in workers producing reinforced plastic

1988 • 59 citations

PARENTAL OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE AND SPONTANEOUS ABORTIONS IN FINLAND

1984 • 59 citations

Testicular function among carbaryl‐exposed employees

1979 • 58 citations

Occupational exposure to solvents and male infertility

2001 • 56 citations

Semen analysis of military personnel associated with military duty assignments

1996 • 55 citations

Occupational risks for male fertility: an analysis of patients attending a tertiary referral centre

2001 • 54 citations

The effects of ethylene dibromide on semen quality: A comparison of short-term and chronic exposure

1988 • 52 citations

Fathers' occupation and pregnancy outcome.

1989 • 49 citations

A study of the effect of perchloroethylene exposure on the reproductive outcomes of wives of dry‐cleaning workers

1991 • 49 citations

Identification of Trichloroethylene and Its Metabolites in Human Seminal Fluid of Workers Exposed to Trichloroethylene

2003 • 46 citations

Paternal occupational lead exposure and congenital malformations.

1992 • 44 citations

Risk of exposure to teratogens amongst laboratory staff and painters.

1983 • 44 citations

A follow-up study of male exposure to welding and time to pregnancy

1998 • 42 citations

Exposure to lead and male fertility.

2001 • 37 citations

A Study on Occupational Exposure to Petrochemicals and Smoking on Seminal Quality

2001 • 37 citations

Male Reproductive System in Patients Exposed to Ionizing Irradiation in the Chernobyl Accident

1993 • 34 citations

Correlation Between Biochemical Indicators of Lead Exposure and Semen Quality in a Lead-Poisoned Firearms Instructor

1987 • 33 citations

Paternal employment in solvent related occupations and adverse pregnancy outcomes.

1988 • 33 citations

Sperm as an indicator of reproductive risk among petroleum refinery workers.

1985 • 32 citations

Semen quality in welders before and after three weeks of non-exposure.

1990 • 30 citations

Toluene inhalation induced epididymal sperm dysfunction in rats

1999 • 28 citations

Case reports of individuals with oligospermia and methylene chloride exposures

1988 • 27 citations

Superiority of reproductive histories to sperm counts in detecting infertility at a dibromochloropropane manufacturing plant.

1983 • 26 citations

Effect of benzene, toluene, xylene on the semen quality of exposed workers.

1999 • 25 citations

Subfertility in relation to welding. A case referent study among male welders.

1990 • 25 citations

Changes of the gonadic function in chronic carbon disulphide poisoning.

1969 • 24 citations

Semen characteristics of Vietnam veterans

1989 • 23 citations

Male reproduction and environmental and occupational exposures: a review of epidemiologic methods

1999 • 22 citations

[Detection of numerical chromosome aberrations in sperm of workers exposed to benzene series by two-color fluorescence in situ hybridization].

2001 • 14 citations

Indirect fertility analysis in painters exposed to ethylene glycol ethers: Sensitivity and specificity

1991 • 14 citations

Children of male spray painters: weight and length at birth.

1992 • 11 citations

Effect of vibrations on male reproductive system and function.

1999 • 10 citations

Spermatogenesis and reproductive performance following human accidental exposure to bromine vapor

1992 • 10 citations