Reduction in fertility in male greenhouse workers exposed to pesticides.
The paper examines the possible interference of pesticide exposure on male fertility, by studying the time to pregnancy (TTP) in the first pregnancy of 127 greenhouse workers and 173 controls. The TTP of exposed and control population, analysed by logistic regression model, has shown an increase in the risk of conception delay among the greenhouse workers with high exposure (OR:2.4; 95% CI: 1.2-5.1).
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Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. petrelli@iss.it
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D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000139:chemically induced*; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018812:Paternal Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010575:Pesticides / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011247:Pregnancy; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012307:Risk Factors
D010575:Pesticides