Toxic trace metals and human oocytes during in vitro fertilization (IVF)

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-305

  Bloom, Michael S ^a   Parsons, Patrick J ^a,b   Steuerwald, Amy J ^a,b   Schisterman, Enrique F ^c   Browne, Richard W ^d   Kim, Keewan ^a   Coccaro, Gregory A ^a   Conti, Giulia C ^e   Narayan, Natasha ^e   Fujimoto, Victor Y ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technologies (ART); Cadmium (Cd); In vitro fertilization (IVF); Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI); Lead (Pb); Mercury (Hg); Oocyte fertilization; Oocyte maturation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METAPHASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REDUCTION; URINE LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; METALS; METAPHASE; OOCYTES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 77951626319     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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