An assessment of fertility in boron-exposed Turkish subpopulations

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 297-304

  Sayli, Bekir Sitki ^a   Tüccar, Ersöz ^a   Elhan, Atilla Halil ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Boron; Colemanite; Drinking water; Kindred; Mining; Primary infertility; Reproductive history

Indexed keywords

BORON; DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BORON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0344609846     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(98)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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