Effects of lead exposure on sperm toxicity and levels of sexual hormone in sera of male Rana nigromaculata

Huanjing Kexue Xuebao / Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1072-1076

  Jia, Xiuying ^a   Wang, Meizhen ^a   Shi, Cailei ^a   Liu, Xiaoxu ^a  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Lead; Rana nigromaculata; Sperm toxicity; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; IMMUNOASSAY; LEAD; MALE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM; SEX HORMONE; SPERM;

ANURA; RANA NIGROMACULATA;

EID: 66149174608     PISSN: 02532468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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