Adverse effects of formaldehyde vapor on mouse sperm parameters and testicular tissue

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 250-257

  Vosoughi, Shahram ^a   Khavanin, Ali ^a   Salehnia, Mojdeh ^a   Asilian Mahabadi, Hassan ^a   Shahverdi, Abdolhossein ^b   Esmaeili, Vahid ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Mouse; Sperm; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOLOGY; LEYDIG CELL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

EID: 84874789543     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: 20080778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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