Semen analysis of military personnel associated with military duty assignments

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 521-528

  Weyandt, T B ^a,d,e   Schrader, S M ^b   Turner, T W ^b   Simon, S D ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

^e Box 387D ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

lead aerosols; microwave; military personnel; Semen analysis

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030292879     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(96)00139-6     Document Type: Article

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