Ambient air pollution exposure and damage to male gametes: human studies and in situ 'sentinel' animal experiments

CM Somers - Systems biology in reproductive medicine, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Globally there is concern that adverse reproductive outcomes and fertility impairment in
humans may be caused by exposure to environmental contaminants. Air pollution in …

[HTML][HTML] Outdoor air pollution and sperm quality

R Lafuente, N García-Blàquez, B Jacquemin… - Fertility and sterility, 2016 - Elsevier
Exposure to air pollution has been clearly associated with a range of adverse health effects,
including reproductive toxicity, but its effects on male semen quality are still unclear. We …

Exposure to ambient air pollution-does it affect semen quality and the level of reproductive hormones?

M Radwan, J Jurewicz, K Polańska… - Annals of human …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Ambient air pollution has been associated with a variety of reproductive
disorders. However, a limited amount of research has been conducted to examine the …

Episodic air pollution is associated with increased DNA fragmentation in human sperm without other changes in semen quality

J Rubes, SG Selevan, DP Evenson… - Human …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND: This study examined potential associations between exposure to episodes
of air pollution and alterations in semen quality. The air pollution, resulting from combustion …

Environmental pollutants: genetic damage and epigenetic changes in male germ cells

C Vecoli, L Montano, MG Andreassi - Environmental Science and …, 2016 - Springer
About a quarter of the human diseases occurs for exposure to air pollution. The male
reproductive system, and especially spermatogenesis, seems to be particularly sensitive. As …

[HTML][HTML] Air pollution from natural and anthropic sources and male fertility

J Jurewicz, E Dziewirska, M Radwan… - Reproductive Biology and …, 2018 - Springer
Exposure to air pollution has been clearly associated with a range of adverse health effects,
including reproductive toxicity. However, a limited amount of research has been conducted …

Association between air pollution and sperm quality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Z Deng, F Chen, M Zhang, L Lan, Z Qiao, Y Cui… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Exposure to ambient air pollution has been clearly linked to adverse reproductive outcome
and fecundation index, but its effects on male semen quality are still uncertain. In this study …

[HTML][HTML] Differential impacts of particulate air pollution exposure on early and late stages of spermatogenesis

TD Henry, CA Porucznik, TJ Honda… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Despite increasing evidence that particulate air pollution has adverse effects on
human semen quality, few studies examine the impact of air pollution on clinically relevant …

Environmental contaminants and male infertility: Effects and mechanisms

V Selvaraju, S Baskaran, A Agarwal, R Henkel - Andrologia, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The escalating prevalence of male infertility and decreasing trend in sperm quality have
been correlated with rapid industrialisation and the associated discharge of an excess of …

The effect of ambient air pollution on sperm quality

C Hansen, TJ Luben, JD Sacks, A Olshan… - Environmental …, 2010 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Research has suggested an association with ambient air pollution and sperm
quality. Objectives We investigated the effect of exposure to ozone (O3) and particulate …