The roles of metallothionein on cadmium-induced testes damages in Sprague-Dawley rats

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-87

  Xu, Li Chun ^a   Sun, Hong ^a   Wang, Shu Yi ^a   Song, Ling ^a   Chang, Hebron C ^a   Wang, Xin Ru ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Daily sperm production; Glutathione; Malondialdehyde; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS; TESTIS INJURY;

EID: 18144406494     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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