Reproductive hazards of lead exposure among urban Egyptian men

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-151

  El Zohairy, Eman A ^a   Youssef, Ashraf F ^a,b   Abul Nasr, Said M ^a   Fahmy, Ibrahim M ^a   Salem, Dawlat ^a   Kahil, Aziza K ^a   Madkour, Mahmoud K ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental; Gonadotropins; Infertility; Lead; Males; Occupational; Semen parameters

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EGYPT; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; SPERM;

ADULT; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEAD; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEMEN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030111367     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0890-6238(95)02057-8     Document Type: Article

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