Assessment of sperm DNA integrity in workers exposed to styrene

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2912-2918

  Migliore, Lucia ^a   Naccarati, Alessio ^a   Zanello, Alessia ^a   Scarpato, Roberto ^a   Bramanti, Lucia ^b   Mariani, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA damage; Occupational exposure; Semen analysis; Styrene

Indexed keywords

DNA; MANDELIC ACID; PLASTIC; STYRENE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; DNA FRAGMENT; MANDELIC ACID DERIVATIVE; STYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC RISK; GERM CELL; HUMAN; ITALY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLITE; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN DEATH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERM; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINE LEVEL; WORKER; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; URINE;

ADULT; COMET ASSAY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MANDELIC ACIDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; STYRENES;

EID: 0036852993     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.11.2912     Document Type: Article

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