Reduction in fertility in male greenhouse workers exposed to pesticides

European Journal of Epidemiology - Tập 17 - Trang 675-677 - 2001
Grazia Petrelli1, Irene Figà-Talamanca2
1Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
2Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell’Uomo, Università “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Tóm tắt

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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