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Reproductive health effects due to pesticide exposure amongst boys in the rural Western Cape, South Africa
Includes bibliographical references.
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2015
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| author | English, René Glynnis |
| author2 | Aqiel, Mohamed |
| author_browse | Aqiel, Mohamed English, René Glynnis |
| author_facet | Aqiel, Mohamed English, René Glynnis |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12797 Reproductive health effects due to pesticide exposure amongst boys in the rural Western Cape, South Africa English, René Glynnis Aqiel, Mohamed Public Health Includes bibliographical references. Contemporary agricultural pesticides have been shown to possess hormonally-active properties, and have been associated with declining male reproductive health. These chemicals act by disrupting the normal functioning of the male endocrine system, through their actions on the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. Reported male reproductive abnormalities are reproductive organ defects, cancers and declining fertility. Cryptorchidism, hypospadias, testicular cancer and poor sperm quality (testicular dysgenesis syndrome) have also been reported to be associated with these endocrine-disrupting chemicals. This study therefore aims to investigate the adverse reproductive health effects of environmental pesticide exposure in male children and adolescents, based on their lifetime residential history (namely, having lived on a farm or not). 2015-05-13T14:19:59Z 2015-05-13T14:19:59Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MMed http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12797 eng application/pdf Department of Public Health and Family Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Public Health English, René Glynnis Reproductive health effects due to pesticide exposure amongst boys in the rural Western Cape, South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Reproductive health effects due to pesticide exposure amongst boys in the rural Western Cape, South Africa |
| title_full | Reproductive health effects due to pesticide exposure amongst boys in the rural Western Cape, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Reproductive health effects due to pesticide exposure amongst boys in the rural Western Cape, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reproductive health effects due to pesticide exposure amongst boys in the rural Western Cape, South Africa |
| title_short | Reproductive health effects due to pesticide exposure amongst boys in the rural Western Cape, South Africa |
| title_sort | reproductive health effects due to pesticide exposure amongst boys in the rural western cape south africa |
| topic | Public Health |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12797 |
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