Semen quality and reproductive hormones among welders - A preliminary study

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 64-67

  Kumar, S ^a   Zaidi, S S A ^a   Gautam, A K ^a   Dave, L M ^a   Saiyed, H N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Hormones; HOS test; Morphology; Reproductive dysfunction; Sperm concentration; Sperm motility; Welders

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HYPO OSMOTIC SWELLING TEST; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WELDING;

EID: 0037645937     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02897929     Document Type: Article

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