Lead acetate induced reproductive and paternal mediated developmental toxicity in rats

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 793-799

  Reshma Anjum, M ^a   Sainath, S B ^a   Suneetha, Y ^a   Sreenivasula Reddy, P ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fertility; Lead acetate; Rat; Sperm; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

LEAD ACETATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACETATE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FERTILITY; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RODENT; SERUM; SPERM; TESTOSTERONE; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 79955524369     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.10.044     Document Type: Article

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