Lead and cadmium concentration in the seminal plasma of men in the general population: Correlation with sperm quality

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 447-450

  Pant, Niraj ^a   Upadhyay, G ^b   Pandey, S ^b   Mathur, N ^a   Saxena, D K ^a   Srivastava, S P ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Lead; Male infertility; Seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0038780037     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(03)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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