Comparison of infertility rates in communities from boron-rich and boron-poor territories

Tuccar E., ELHAN A. H., Yavuz Y., Sayli B.

BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH, vol.66, no.1-3, pp.401-407, 1998 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 66 Issue: 1-3
  • Publication Date: 1998
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/bf02783151
  • Journal Name: BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.401-407
  • Keywords: boron, fetal wastage, infant mortality
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

As a part of a large-scale work aimed at studying the health effects of boron (B) in residents of a country with the world's largest supply, developmental effects of B are presented. Spontaneous abortions, stillbirths, and congenital malformations in addition to early infant mortality were questioned in the field by home visits. Although the number of families so far ascertained is rather small, the rates related to spontaneous abortions and stillbirths from high B exposure vs low B exposure subpopulations revealed no differences of significance, providing no evidence that B affects human development adversely.