Effects of fetal exposure to carbon nanoparticles on reproductive function in male offspring

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1695-1699

  Yoshida, Seiichi ^a   Hiyoshi, Kyoko ^a   Oshio, Shigeru ^b   Takano, Hirohisa ^c   Takeda, Ken ^d   Ichinose, Takamichi ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b OHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

daily sperm production; in utero exposure; Male reproduction; nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBER; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY WEIGHT; CELL ADHESION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARBON; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NANOPARTICLES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REPRODUCTION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77949262406     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.094     Document Type: Article

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