Monitoring fertility to detect toxicity to the male reproductive system.
This paper describes measures of fertility for detecting toxicity to the male reproductive system. The limitations of fertility monitoring are noted as well as the advantages and disadvantages of various fertility measures. Time to pregnancy and standardized fertility ratios, two fertility measures about which more is known, are discussed in greater depth.
Levine
R J
RJ
Department of Epidemiology, Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.
D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011247:Pregnancy; D012098:Reproduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D013997:Time Factors