Review on arsenic-induced toxicity in male reproductive system and its amelioration

Andrologia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Zubair, M ^a   Ahmad, M ^a   Qureshi, Z I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

arsenic; lab animals; male reproductive system

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; ANTIOXIDANT;

ARSENIC POISONING; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTIS; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MOUSE; POLLUTANT; RAT; SPERM; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARSENIC; BIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; MALE; MICE; RATS; SEMEN; TESTIS;

EID: 85011101320     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12791     Document Type: Review

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