Open AccessExposure to Nonpersistent Insecticides and Male Reproductive Hormones
Author(s) -
John D. Meeker,
Louise Ryan,
Dana Boyd Barr,
Russ Hauser
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/01.ede.0000190602.14691.70
Subject(s) - testosterone (patch) , sex hormone binding globulin , androgen , population , metabolite , free androgen index , hormone , endocrinology , physiology , medicine , chemistry , environmental health
Urinary metabolites of several nonpersistent insecticides have been measured in a high percentage of men in the general population, suggesting widespread environmental exposures to these compounds. The present study explored the association of urinary concentrations of 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPY), a metabolite of chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl, and 1-naphthol (1N), a metabolite of carbaryl and naphthalene, with serum reproductive hormone levels in adult men.