Lead induced structural and functional alteration of sperm cell among industrial workers

Toxicology International

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-5

  Gupta, Subarna ^a   Mukherjee, A K ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^a   Roy, S K ^a   Chowdhury, Amal Roy ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Industrial workers; Lead; Semen lead; Sperm; Structura funcional alterations

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ASCORBIC ACID; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; LEAD;

ACID PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BATTERY INDUSTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEAD POISONING; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WORKING TIME;

EID: 34547979309     PISSN: 09716580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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