Effect of benzene exposure on fertility of male workers employed in bulk drug industries

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 592-597

  Katukam, Vani ^a   Kulakarni, Madhuri ^a   Syed, Rabbani ^b   Alharbi, Khalid ^b   Naik, Jithender ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FLUID; CELL STRUCTURE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INDUSTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSCOPY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; BENZENE; BODY FLUIDS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG INDUSTRY; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84862984042     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2011.0241     Document Type: Article

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