Biological and morphological effects on the reproductive organ of rats after exposure to electromagnetic field

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 405-410

  Ozguner, Meltem ^a,b   Koyu, Ahmet ^a   Cesur, Gokhan ^a   Ural, Mehmet ^a   Ozguner, Fehmi ^a   Gokcimen, Alpaslan ^a   Delibas, Namuk ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GERM LAYER; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 17844395679     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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