Effects of cellular phone emissions on sperm motility in rats

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 957-964

  Yan, Ji Geng ^a   Agresti, Michael ^a   Bruce, Tim ^a   Yan, Yu Hui ^a   Granlund, Amy ^b   Matloub, Hani S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular phones; electromagnetic field; male fertility; radiation effects; radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation; radiofrequency exposure; sperm motility

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 34848866273     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.022     Document Type: Article

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