Effect of duration of fluoride exposure on the reproductive system in male rabbits

Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 148-152

  Kumar, Naresh ^a   Sood, Sushma ^a   Arora, B ^a   Singh, Manjeet ^a   Beena, ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Fluoride; sperm count; testis

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIET; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 78650653471     PISSN: 09741208     EISSN: 19984766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-1208.74159     Document Type: Article

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