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Some Actions of Lead on the Sperm and on the Male Reproductive System
Author(s) -
Thomas J. A.,
Brogan W. C.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.1983.4.1-2.127
Subject(s) - medicine , lead (geology) , male reproductive system , reproductive system , lead exposure , sperm , affect (linguistics) , toxicology , lead poisoning , physiology , environmental health , biology , andrology , paleontology , cats , linguistics , philosophy , psychiatry
There is evidence that lead can exert a toxic action upon the male reproductive system. Likewise, there is evidence that some of the effects that lead exerts upon other biological systems might also affect male reproductive capacity. Differences in response to the toxic actions of lead can, in part, be attributed to differences in dose, duration, and method of exposure, species, and lack of comparable experimental designs. Nevertheless, a spermatotaxic and gonadotoxic effect of lead has been seen in a variety of species including man. Furthermore, lead exposure has been linked to chromosomal aberrations in workers.