Semen Abnormalities, Sperm DNA Damage and Global Hypermethylation in Health Workers Occupationally Exposed to Ionizing Radiation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Kumar, Dayanidhi ^a   Salian, Sujith Raj ^a   Kalthur, Guruprasad ^a   Uppangala, Shubhashree ^a   Kumari, Sandhya ^a   Challapalli, Srinivas ^b   Chandraguthi, Srinidhi Gururajarao ^a   Krishnamurthy, Hanumanthappa ^c   Jain, Navya ^c   Kumar, Pratap ^a   Adiga, Satish Kumar ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; SPERM DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOSPERM; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SMOKING; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION, IONIZING; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84880792644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069927     Document Type: Article

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