Gonadic Function in Workmen With Long-term Exposure to Microwaves

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Abstract
A study was carried out in 31 young men (mean 33 yr) with long-term exposure (mean 8 yr) to microwaves. The investigation included a detailed andrologic questionary and semen analyses as well as determinations of total neutral 17-ketosteroids (17 ks) and total gonadotropin (t.g.) eliminations in 24-hr urine. The investigation showed a high frequency of libido decrease and sexual dynamic disturbances in the framework of the asthenic syndrome (70% of subjects) as well as various alterations of spermatogenesis in 74 % of the subjects. The alterations consisted of asthenospermia, hypospermia and/or teratospermia. The function of the testes leydigian cells, indirectly indicated by 17 ks determination, was normal. The normal or increased values of t.g. eliminations ruled out the possibility of the contribution of a hypothalamo-pituitary imbalance in the induction of germinal alterations shown in exposed men.

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