Effect of benzene, toluene, xylene on the semen quality and the function of accessory gonad of exposed workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 206-210

  Xiao, GuoBing ^a   Pan, CuiBao ^a   Cai, YaoZhang ^a   Lin, Hui ^a   Fu, ZhanMing ^a  

^a NINGBO MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Benzene; Function of accessory gonad; Semen; Toluene; Xylene

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; BENZENE; FRUCTOSE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SOLVENT; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILITY; GONAD FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0034998364     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.39.206     Document Type: Article

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