Protective effect of zinc over lead toxicity on testes

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 377-381

  Rafique, Muhammad ^a   Pervez Shaikh, Shahid ^a   Tahir, Fazila ^b  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Albino rats; Germinal epithelium; Lead; Morphology; Morphometry; Seminiferous tubules; Zinc

Indexed keywords

LEAD CHLORIDE; ZINC CHLORIDE; LEAD; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM LAYER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; STUDENT T TEST; TESTIS DISEASE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; INBRED RAT STRAIN; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; LEAD; MALE; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 77955839696     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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