Sex hormone status in male rats after exposure to 50 Hz, 5 mTesla magnetic field

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 363-369

  Mostafa, R M ^a   Moustafa, Y M ^b   Ali, F M ^c   Shafik, A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Follicular stimulating hormone; Hyperprolactinemia; Lutenizing hormone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; EXPOSURE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THEORY;

ANIMALS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MAGNETICS; MALE; PROLACTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33746822308     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: 15210375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010600667092     Document Type: Article

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