Environmental and experimental exposure of phthalate esters: The toxicological consequence on human sperm

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 507-514

  Pant, N ^a   Pant, A B ^a   Shukla, M ^b   Mathur, N ^a   Gupta, Y K ^c   Saxena, D K ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

in vitro; in vivo; phthalates; sperm motility; toxicity

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CELL SURVIVAL; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MALE; PLASTICIZERS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957493356     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327110374205     Document Type: Article

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