Clinical relevance of vitamin C among lead-exposed infertile men

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1001-1006

  Vani, Katukam ^a   Kurakula, Madhuri ^b   Syed, Rabbani ^b,c   Alharbi, Khalid ^c  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine   (India)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DNA; LEAD; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SPERM DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CELL STRUCTURE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TESTIS FUNCTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; COMET ASSAY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866234465     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2012.0027     Document Type: Article

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