Trace elements in blood and seminal plasma and their relationship to sperm quality

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 613-618

  Xu, Bo ^a   Chia, Sin Eng ^b   Tsakok, Maureen ^c   Ong, Choon Nam ^b  

^a Department of Occupational Epidemiology Jiangsu Institute of Occupational Medicine ^*  (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cadmium; lead; oligozoospermia; selenium; seminal plasma; zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; CADMIUM; HUMAN; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PLASMA; SELENIUM; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 0027692785     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0890-6238(93)90038-9     Document Type: Article

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