Effect of Overdose Zinc on Mouse Testis and Its Relation with Sperm Count and Motility

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 271-279

  Turgut, Günfer ^a   Abban, Gülcin ^a   Turgut, Sabahat ^a   Take, Gülnur ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Mouse; Sperm count; Sperm motility; Testis; Zinc

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; FIBROSIS; INTERSTITIUM; INTOXICATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTIS INJURY;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVERDOSE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTIS; ZINC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642561872     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:96:1-3:271     Document Type: Article

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