REPRODUCTIVE AND THYROID HORMONES AMONG MALE AGRICULTURAL WORKERS EXPOSED TO PESTICIDES
The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine • 2013
معلومات البحث
المؤلفون
Omyma M Hassan1, Eslam S. Metwally, M.D2Community – Public Health Department, Benha University.1 Forensic Medicine & Clinical Toxicology Department, Benha University2, Egypt
الكلمات المفتاحية
pesticides, male reproductive hormones, thyroid hormones, Egypt.
المجلة العلمية
The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine
الناشر
Not Available
المجلد
31
العدد
4
الصفحات
1-16
publication.type
Local
رابط البحث
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المواد المرفقة
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الملخص
In rural Egypt, one of the main activities of men is agricultural work, where pesticides are used to control insects and weeds. Pesticides have been classified as endocrine disrupting chemicals, which may lead to alterations in male reproductive and thyroid hormonal levels. Aim: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of chronic occupational pesticide exposure on thyroid and male reproductive hormones among agricultural workers. Methods: The study included eighty male agricultural workers from El-Shomoot village, Qalubia governorate. Forty non exposed males work at Banha Faculty of Medicine were selected as a control group. All participating workers were interviewed using a precomposed questionnaire and investigated by measuring the blood level of male reproductive hormones (LH, FSH, testosterone & estradiol) and thyroid hormones (TSH, T3 & T4) according to standard procedures. Results: The studied groups were matched as regard age, gender, marital status and smoking habits. In comparing the exposed and control groups according to the blood levels of studied hormones, the exposed group had significantly lower values of testosterone, T3, T4, and LH compared to the control group (p
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