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Lee, Kim, Kim, Lee, and Kim: Sex hormones among Workers Exposed to Pesticides
Original Article

Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2000; 12(2): 179-186.

Published online: 31 January 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2000.12.2.179

Sex hormones among Workers Exposed to Pesticides

Wonjin Lee, Cheong Sik Kim, Hyeong Su Kim, Chang Hoon Lee, Jin Seok Kim

Department of Preventive Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Korea.

Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University, Korea.

Department of Occupational Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Korea.

lee@kku.ac.kr

Copyright © 2000 The Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Abstract

OBJECTIVE

This study was carried out to determine the effects of occupational pesticides exposure on the level of serum Luteinizing Hormone(LH), Follicle Stimulating Hormone(FSH), testosterone in male workers.

METHODS

Twenty-two male workers exposed to pesticides were compared with twenty-eight male workers at same factory who were not exposed to pesticides. The selected variables for studying reproductive hormones were LH, FSH and testosterone. As part of the baseline health status, subjects were asked medical history.

RESULTS

There were no statistically significant differences on the level of LH, FSH, testosterone between the exposed and non-exposed group. Also the level of sex hormones were not significant difference with each department in exposed group. And the level of LH, FSH positively correlated with age.

CONCLUSIONS

These results indicate that there are no alterations in LH, FSH, testosterone at workers exposed to pesticides. But our findings are highly preliminary because of a small sample size. Thus it calls for furthur investigation of the hormonal effects at workers exposed to pesticides.

Keywords: FSH, LH, Testosterone, Pesticide, Worker

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