Zinc protection from fluoride-induced testicular injury in the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus)

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-235

  Krasowska, Alicja ^a   Włostowski, Tadeusz ^a   Bonda, Elzbieta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fluoride; Histopathology; Testes; Zinc

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLEEDING; BONE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXPOSURE; FLUOROSIS; GERM LAYER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERSTITIUM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; TESTIS; TESTIS INJURY; TISSUE LEVEL; VOLE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0842346034     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2003.11.012     Document Type: Article

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