Effects of Cadmium on Rat Sperm Motility Evaluated with Computer Assisted Sperm Analysis

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 312-317

  Xu, Li Chun ^a   Wang, Shu Yi ^a   Yang, Xiao Fang ^a   Wang, Xin Ru ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0035755220     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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