Toxic trace metals and embryo quality indicators during in vitro fertilization (IVF)

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-170

  Bloom, Michael S ^a   Parsons, Patrick J ^a,b   Kim, Dongsul ^a   Steuerwald, Amy J ^a,b   Vaccari, Sergio ^c,d   Cheng, Gloria ^c   Fujimoto, Victor Y ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Life IVF Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technologies (ART); Cadmium (Cd); Embryo cleavage; Embryo fragmentation; In vitro fertilization (IVF); Lead (Pb); Mercury (Hg)

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO FRAGMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL;

CADMIUM; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LEAD; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MERCURY; METALS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952101586     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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