The effects of lead and zinc on the quality of semen of albino rats

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 510-513

  Rafique, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Naheed ^a   Perveen, Khalida ^a   Naqvi, Anjum ^b  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Albino rats; Lead; Semen; Sperm count; Sperm motility; Zinc

Indexed keywords

LEAD CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERM LAYER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CHLORIDES; EPIDIDYMIS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LEAD; MALE; RATS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM IMMOBILIZING AGENTS; SPERM MOTILITY; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 71949087276     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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