Halting the inertia of indifference: Fluoride and fertility revisited

Fluoride

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-161

  Spittle, Bruce ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fertility; Fluoridation; Indifference to fluoride effects on fertility; Infertility; Mice; Rats; Spermatozoal hypermotility; Spermatozoal motility; Testis apoptosis; Testis oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS ATROPHY;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 70349680644     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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