Pyrethroid insecticide exposure and reproductive hormone levels in healthy Japanese male subjects

• Published in: Andrology (Oxford) Vol. 2; no. 3; pp. 416 - 420
• Main Authors: Yoshinaga, J., Imai, K., Shiraishi, H., Nozawa, S., Yoshiike, M., Mieno, M. N., Andersson, A.‐M., Iwamoto, T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2014
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Benzoates - urine; BMI; Cross-Sectional Studies; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Fertility - drug effects; Follicle Stimulating Hormone - blood; Hormones; Humans; Infertility; Inhibins - blood; Insecticides - adverse effects; Insecticides - urine; Japan; Luteinizing Hormone - blood; Male; male reproductive hormone; Medical research; Men; Pyrethrins - adverse effects; Pyrethrins - urine; seasonal variation; Semen Analysis; Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin - metabolism; testicular volume; Testosterone - blood; University students; urinary 3‐phenoxybenzoic acid; Varicocele; Young Adult; seasonal variation; urinary 3-phenoxybenzoic acid; testicular volume; BMI; male reproductive hormone

Summary The associations between serum levels of reproductive hormones (follicle‐stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, testosterone, sex hormone‐binding globulin, inhibin B and calculated free testosterone) and urinary metabolite concentration of pyrethroid insecticides [3‐phenoxybenzoic acid (3...