Reproductive toxicity of lead, cadmium, and phthalate exposure in men

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 11066-11074

  Pant, Niraj ^a   Kumar, G ^a   Upadhyay, A D ^a   Patel, D K ^b   Gupta, Y K ^a   Chaturvedi, P K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium; DNA damage; Lead; Phthalate esters; Semen quality; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; MALE BEHAVIOR; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SPERM; TOXICITY;

DELHI; INDIA; NEW DELHI;

CADMIUM; LEAD; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TOXICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CADMIUM; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEAD; MALE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907860606     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2986-5     Document Type: Article

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