Relationships between sperm DNA fragmentation, sperm apoptotic markers and serum levels of CB-153 and p,p'-DDE in European and Inuit populations

Reproduction

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 949-958

  Stronati, A ^a   Manicardi, G C ^b   Cecati, M ^a   Bordicchia, M ^a   Ferrante, L ^a   Spano M ^c   Toft, G ^d   Bonde, J P ^d   Jonsson B A G ^e   Rignell Hydbom, A ^e   Rylander, L ^e   Giwercman, A ^e   Pedersen, H S ^f   Bonefeld Jorgensen E C ^g   Ludwicki, J K ^h   Lesovoy, V ⁱ   Sakkas, D ^j   Bizzaro, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Centre for Arctic Environmental Medicine   (Denmark)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

ⁱ Regional Clinical Center of Urology and Nephrology   (Ukraine)

^j YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; DNA FRAGMENT; FAS ANTIGEN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN BCL XL;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EJACULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESKIMO; EUROPE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GREENLAND; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICK END LABELING; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SWEDEN; UKRAINE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; BCL-X PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GREENLAND; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INUITS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POLAND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; SWEDEN; UKRAINE;

EID: 33846019604     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.01034     Document Type: Article

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