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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Chemosphere. 2014 Nov 28;135:427–435. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.11.015

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Significant associations (p<0.05) between organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polybromated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and semen quality parameters, with ↓ and ↑ indicating significant negative and positive associations between the fourth quartile for each chemical concentration compared to the first quartile unless otherwise indicated. Associations shaded in red are thought to be generally associated with diminished semen quality, whereas associations shaded in green are thought to be associated with improvements in semen quality parameters.

β-hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCH), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), γ-hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH), p,p′-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (p,p′-DDT) and its metabolites p,p′-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p′-DDE) and o,p′-DDT; organochlorine pesticides (OCPs); PBB, polybromated biphenyl; PBDEs, polybrominated diphenyl ethers