title: [Fertility of workers exposed to herbicides and pesticides].
abstract: Twenty-one workmen exposed to herbicide as organic mercury compounds and to pesticide as halogenic hydrocarbon has been investigated concerning their fertility. If the concentrations of organic mercury compounds increase in the air of the place of employment then the levels of this heavy metal are also higher in the urine and in the ejaculate, and the fertility is reduced. It could also be established that a correlation exists between the concentration of pesticide in the place of employment and the male fertility, especially in cases with an excess of maximum permitted concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe (Landesfrauenklinik) der Medizinischen Akademie Magdeburg, DDR.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Donat
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matthies
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schwarz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D006540:Herbicides / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006846:Hydrocarbons, Halogenated / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000652:urine; D009941:Organomercury Compounds / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010575:Pesticides / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D012661:Semen / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D006540:Herbicides; D006846:Hydrocarbons, Halogenated; D009941:Organomercury Compounds; D010575:Pesticides
vernacular_title: Fertilität bei Exponierten gegenüber Pflanzenschutz- und Schädlingsbekämpfungsmitteln.