Double-quality control reveals high-level toxicity in gloves used for operator protection in assisted reproductive technology

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 1266-1272

  Lierman, Sylvie ^a   De Sutter, Petra ^a   Dhont, Marc ^a   Van der Elst, Josiane ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

IVF quality control; mouse embryo assay; surgical gloves; toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; GLOVE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURGICAL GLOVE; TOXICITY TESTING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERM MOTILITY; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 34848885725     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.113     Document Type: Article

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