Evaluation of the effect of implanted depleted uranium on male reproductive success, sperm concentration, and sperm velocity

Environmental Research

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-215

  Arfsten, Darryl P ^a   Schaeffer, David J ^b   Johnson, Eric W ^a   Robert Cunningham, J ^a   Still, Kenneth R ^a   Wilfong, Erin R ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Depleted uranium; Rats; Reproductive toxicity; Sperm concentration; Sperm motion

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CHLOROHYDRIN; URANIUM;

RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; URANIUM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IMPLANT; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; FEMALE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MATING SUCCESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URANIUM;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 31544465707     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.03.016     Document Type: Article

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