Fertility and Sterility
Volume 71, Issue 4 , Pages 690-696 , April 1999

Occupationally related exposures and reduced semen quality: a case-control study

  • Erik Tielemans (M.Sc.)

      Affiliations

    • Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
    • Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
    • Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen Agricultural University.
    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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  • Alex Burdorf, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
    • ,
  • Egbert R. te Velde, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Utrecht.
    • ,
  • Rob F.A. Weber, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
    • Department of Andrology, University Hospital Rotterdam.
    • ,
  • Roelof J. van Kooij, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Utrecht.
    • ,
  • Hendrik Veulemans, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    • Department of Occupational and Insurance Medicine, Catholic University Leuven.
    • ,
  • Dick J.J. Heederik , Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
    • Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen Agricultural University.
    • dick heederik@staff@eoh.wau)
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dick Heederik, Ph.D., Department of Environmental Sciences, Environmental and Occupational Health group, Wageningen Agricultural University, P.O. Box 238, 6700 AE Wageningen, the Netherlands (FAX: 31-317-48-52-78

Received 28 July 1998 ,Revised 25 November 1998 ,Accepted 25 November 1998.

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☆ Supported by the Dutch Prevention Fund (grant 28-2718) and the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences.

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Fertility and Sterility
Volume 71, Issue 4 , Pages 690-696 , April 1999

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