The effects of male age on sperm DNA damage in healthy non-smokers

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 180-187

  Schmid, T E ^a,b,d   Eskenazi, B ^b   Baumgartner, A ^c,d   Marchetti, F ^a,d   Young, S ^b   Weldon, R ^b   Anderson, D ^c   Wyrobek, A J ^a,d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Caffeine; Comet; DNA damage; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COFFEE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FERTILIZATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GERM LINE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY;

EID: 33845660012     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del338     Document Type: Article

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