Journal article
Environmental Contaminants and Human Infertility: Hypothesis or Cause for Concern?
Abstract
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s the crude human birth rate (live births per 1000 population) declined, indicating reduced fertility and suggesting a potential decline in fecundity (the potential to conceive). Detection of environmental contaminants in human tissues, together with reports of a global decline in semen quality, further fueled speculation that human infertility rates are increasing and environmental toxicants are potentially …
Authors
Foster WG; Neal MS; Han M-S; Dominguez MM
Journal
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part B, Vol. 11, No. 3-4, pp. 162–176
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
March 20, 2008
DOI
10.1080/10937400701873274
ISSN
1093-7404