2007
Occupational and environmental exposures to heavy metals: Risk factors for male infertility in Lebanon?
Inhorn M, King L, Nriagu J, Kobeissi L, Hammoud N, Awwad J, Abu-Musa A, Hannoun A. Occupational and environmental exposures to heavy metals: Risk factors for male infertility in Lebanon? Reproductive Toxicology 2007, 25: 203-212. PMID: 18093800, DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2007.10.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMale infertilityRisk factorsBlood concentrationsFertile controlsRisk Factor InterviewEnvironmental exposuresImportant risk factorCase-control studyHigher whole-blood concentrationsWhole blood concentrationsUnexposed menInfertile casesReferent populationOccupational exposureInfertile menHealthy individualsFertility clinicsSemen analysisBlood collectionInfertilityMultiple regression analysisRegression analysisMenExposureClinicHealth issues in the Arab American community. Male infertility in Lebanon: a case-controlled study.
Kobeissi L, Inhorn M. Health issues in the Arab American community. Male infertility in Lebanon: a case-controlled study. Ethnicity & Disease 2007, 17: s3-33-s3-38. PMID: 17985448.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCase-control studyMale infertilityRisk factorsReproductive illnessesWar exposureMale reproductive health problemsSemen analysisFamilial clusteringMultivariate logistic regression analysisLaboratory blood testingMale reproductive healthSignificant risk factorsImportant risk factorMale infertility casesReproductive health problemsLogistic regression analysisControl of confoundersWorld Health Organization guidelinesHealth Organization guidelinesInfertile womenLifestyle factorsBlood testingInfertility casesEffect modificationCaffeine intake
2004
Middle Eastern Masculinities in the Age of New Reproductive Technologies: Male Infertility and Stigma in Egypt and Lebanon
Inhorn M. Middle Eastern Masculinities in the Age of New Reproductive Technologies: Male Infertility and Stigma in Egypt and Lebanon. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 2004, 18: 162-182. PMID: 15272802, DOI: 10.1525/maq.2004.18.2.162.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2001
Feminism meets the “new” epidemiologies: toward an appraisal of antifeminist biases in epidemiological research on women's health
Inhorn M, Whittle K. Feminism meets the “new” epidemiologies: toward an appraisal of antifeminist biases in epidemiological research on women's health. Social Science & Medicine 2001, 53: 553-567. PMID: 11478536, DOI: 10.1016/s0277-9536(00)00360-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlternative feminist frameworkWomen's healthUnderstanding of healthFeminist frameworkSocial inequalitiesKnowledge productionFeminist perspectiveRecent critiquesSocial hierarchyWomen's health risksAlternative paradigmEmergent fieldProblem definitionConceptual modelCritiqueDepoliticizationEssentializationEpidemiological researchFeminismDebateHealthInequalityHealth risksReproducersEssay
1994
Ethnography, epidemiology and infertility in Egypt
Inhorn M, Buss K. Ethnography, epidemiology and infertility in Egypt. Social Science & Medicine 1994, 39: 671-686. PMID: 7973866, DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)90023-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolitical-economic contextRisk of infertilityInternational health problemEpidemiological research designsInterpretive insightsHealth problemsResearch designInfertilityEpidemiological inquiryEgyptian menEgyptian settingEthnographyData collectionInquiryContextEpidemiologyFactorsImproved understanding
1993
Infertility, infection, and latrogenesis in Egypt: The anthropological epidemiology of blocked tubes
Inhorn M, Buss K. Infertility, infection, and latrogenesis in Egypt: The anthropological epidemiology of blocked tubes. Medical Anthropology 1993, 15: 217-244. PMID: 8114620, DOI: 10.1080/01459740.1993.9966092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolitical-economic contextTubal factor infertilityRisk factorsFemale circumcisionInterpretive insightsAnalytical epidemiological methodsBehavioral risk factorsSuch risk factorsFemale sexual partnersMale sexual behaviorSexual behaviorEgyptian womenSexual partnersEpidemiological methodsBehavioral factorsInfertilityContextArticlePracticeData analysisPartnersFactorsGynecologistsEpidemiologyInfection