The effects of exposure to pesticides on the fecundity status of farm workers resident in a rural region of Fars province,southern Iran

作     者：Masoud Neghab Mohammadjafar Momenbella-Fard Reza Naziaghdam Narges Salahshour Maryam Kazemi Hamzeh Alipour 

作者机构：Department of Occupational HealthResearch Centre for Health SciencesSchool of HealthShiraz University of Medical Sciences Department of Medical Entomology and Vector ControlResearch Centre for Health SciencesSchool of HealthShiraz University of Medical Sciences Department of Occupational HealthStudent Research CommitteeShiraz University of Medical Sciences 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine》 (亚太热带生物医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第4卷第4期

页      面：324-328页

学科分类：100405[医学-卫生毒理学] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：part of an approved research project(No.4597) partially funded by the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences(SUMS) 

主　　题：Infertility Male farmers Pesticides exposure Iran 

摘      要：Objective:To investigate the prevalence of fecundity and other reproductive problems among a group of farmers in Kavar district of Fars province,southern ***:A total of 268 randomly selected married male farm workers were investigated.A questionnaire was devised and validated[Cronbach sα-coefficient(0.81)].Subjects were directly interviewed and the questionnaire forms were completed for ***:The prevalence of current primary infertility aniong the studied population was about7.4%(P=0.001).Similarly,6.3%of farm workers had offsprings with congenital ***,1.5%and 9%of farmers wives had a history of stillbirth and abortion,*** was concluded that the prevalence of current primary infertility were higher aniong farm workers families than in the normal population(P0.05).Additionally,stillbirth and spontaneous abortion were more common in the wives of farm workers than in the normal population,although the difference did not reach statistical ***:These effects are likely to be attributed to the exposure of farm workers to pesticides.