The transgenerational impact of benzo(a)pyrene on murine male fertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2427-2433

  Mohamed, El Sayed A ^a   Song, Won Hee ^a   Oh, Shin Ae ^a   Park, Yoo Jin ^a   You, Young Ah ^a   Lee, Sangmi ^b   Choi, Ji Young ^b   Kim, Young Ju ^b   Jo, Inho ^b   Pang, Myung Geol ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

benzo(a)pyrene; endocrine disruptor; male fertility; peri pubertal exposure; transgeneration

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE;

MURINAE; MUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956893396     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq205     Document Type: Article

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