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During the last decades, there has been concern that exposure to endocrine disruptors, such as persistent organochlorine pollutants (POPs), may contribute to an impairment of male reproductive function. To investigate whether exposure to 2,2'4,4'5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (CB-153) and 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl)-ethylene (p,p'-DDE) affects semen quantity and quality and reproductive hormones, 195 Swedish fishermen, aged 24-65 years, were investigated.
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Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden. Anna.Rignell-Hydbom@ymed.lu.se
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