The origin, effects and control of air pollution in laboratories used for human embryo culture

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1998, Pages 146-155

  Hall, Jerry ^a,f   Gilligan, Antonia ^b   Schimmel, Tim ^c   Cecchi, Michael ^d   Cohen, Jacques ^c,e  

^a Center for Reproductive Research and Testing   (United States)

^b Alpha Environmental   (United States)

^c Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science at St Barnabas   (United States)

^d GenX International   (United States)

^e Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science of Saint Barnabas   (United States)

^f Shady Grove Fertility Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrolein; Air sampling; Aldehydes; Incubator filtration; Mouse embryo test

Indexed keywords

ACROLEIN; ALDEHYDE; CHEMOSTERILANT; DECANOL; DETERGENT; HEXANOL; PENTANOL; SEALANT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BLASTOCYST; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO GROWTH; GAS; LABORATORY; POLLUTION CONTROL; PREGNANCY RATE; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0032466736     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.suppl_4.146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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