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SUBMITTER: Raymer JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3214233 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) 20110629 4
A total of 256 men were studied to evaluate whether serum concentrations of perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) impacted semen quality or reproductive hormones. Blood and semen were collected and analyzed for perfluorochemicals and reproductive and thyroid hormones. Semen quality was assessed using standard clinical methods. Linear and logistic modeling was performed with semen profile measurements as outcomes and PFOS and PFOA in semen and plasma as explanatory variab ...[more]