Hong Kong male subfertility links to mercury in human hair and fish

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 165-174

  Dickman, M D ^a   Leung, C K M ^b   Leong, M K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Invitrofertilization Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fish consumption; Hong Kong; Mercury; Subfertility

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

FERTILITY TRENDS; FISH CONSUMPTION; MERCURY; POPULATION FERTILITY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FISH; HAIR ANALYSIS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SPERM COUNT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA, HONG KONG;

EID: 0032543506     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00062-X     Document Type: Article

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