The presence of environmental pollutants in the semen of farm animals (bull, ram, goat, and boar)

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 439-445

  Kamarianos, A ^a   Karamanlis, X ^a   Theodosiadou, E ^a   Goulas, P ^b   Smokovitis, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Boar; Bull; Goat; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Ram; Semen

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; MITOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COW; GOAT; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERM; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0038103027     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(03)00031-5     Document Type: Article

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