Ambient air pollution exposure and damage to male gametes: Human studies and in situ 'sentinel' animal experiments

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 63-71

  Somers, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

air pollution; DNA damage; fertility; germ cells; germline mutation; sentinel animals

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; CELL DAMAGE; CHROMATIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISOMY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GAMETE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TUMOR PROMOTION;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RATS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 78651379140     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2010.500440     Document Type: Conference Paper

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