title: [Fertility and environment: a new challenge].
abstract: Over the last thirty years the method for both investigating and treating fertility have become more sophisticated and powerful. At the same time, the risk factors for infertility have increased substantially, particularly those resulting from the environment. Spermatogenesis can be considered to be a marker for public health as the consequences of exposure to various factors can be determined objectively. The increase in the number of, and exposure to physical (ionising radiation, heat) and chemical (insecticides, pesticides, antimitotic agents) pose significant problems for human fertility. These issues need to be addressed by both epidemiologists and clinicians.
authors.affiliation: INSERM Unité 292 Santé publique-Epidémiologie-Reproduction humaine, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thonneau
mesh_terms: D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004782:Environmental Health; D005298:Fertility; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011634:Public Health; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances
vernacular_title: Fertilité et environnement: un nouveau challenge.