Comparative Investigation of Several Sperm Analysis Methods for Evaluation of Spermatotoxicity of Industrial Chemical: 2-Bromopropane as an Example

Industrial Health

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-225

  Ohtani, Katsumi ^a   Yamazaki, Shigeru ^b   Kubota, Hisayo ^a   Miyagawa, Muneyuki ^a   Saegusa, Junzo ^a  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 Bromopropane; CASA (computer assisted sperm analysis); Manual microscopic method; MTT (3 (4,5 dimethylthioazol 2 yl) 2,5 diphenyl tetrazolium bromide); Rat; Reproductive toxicity; SQA (sperm quality analyzer); Tetrazolium salt

Indexed keywords

2 BROMOPROPANE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; KOREA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; OZONE LAYER; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2142650776     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.42.219     Document Type: Article

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