Toxic effects of pulp and paper-mill effluents on male reproductive organs and some systemic parameters in rats

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Rana, Tanu ^a   Gupta, Shashank ^a   Kumar, Dhiraj ^a   Sharma, Sharad ^a   Rana, Manish ^a   Rathore, Vikram S ^a   Pereira, Ben M J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Accessory sex organs; Paper mill effluents; Reproductive toxicity; Sex steroids; Sperm quality; Tissue biochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BILIRUBIN; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; UREA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GENITAL SYSTEM; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PULP MILL; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3843136217     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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