Light and transmission electron microscopic comparisons of sperms between petrochemical factory workers and public servants in a nonindustrialized area

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2864-2867

  Kim, Tae Hyoung ^a   Myung, Soon Chul ^a   Hong, Yeon Pyo ^a   Yang, Yun Jung ^a   Kim, Sang Yon ^a   Kim, Sae Chul ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

petroleum; Sperm; ultrastructure; worker

Indexed keywords

PETROCHEMICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MASTURBATION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; PUBLIC SECTOR; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 78650222697     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.04.050     Document Type: Article

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