Damage of the Mouse Testis by Tritiated Water and 137Cs-γ -Rays

Hiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 53-58

  Kashiwabara, Shoji ^a   Kashimoto, Naoki ^a   Sanoh, Seigo ^a   Uesaka, Toshihiro ^a   Katoh, Osamu ^a   Watanabe, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cs rays; Mouse; Testis; Tritiated water

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; TRITIUM OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS WEIGHT; X RAY;

ANIMALS; GAMMA RAYS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RADIATION INJURIES; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS; TRITIUM; WATER;

EID: 0142089998     PISSN: 00182052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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