Pre-and postnatal exposure to ambient levels of urban particulate matter (PM2.5) affects mice spermatogenesis

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 237-245

  Pires, Adriana ^a,b   De Melo, Elizabeth Neves ^c   Mauad, Thais ^a,b   Nascimento Saldiva, Paulo Hilário ^a,b   De Siqueira Bueno, Heloisa Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Nacional de Análise Integrada Do Risco Ambiental   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ambient levels of PM2.5; apoptosis; proliferation; spermatid retention; Spermatogenesis; spermatogenic cycle; urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MATING; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CITIES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 79953656836     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2011.563508     Document Type: Article

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