Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 1096-1103, April 2009

Effect of smoking on blood lead levels in workers and role of reactive oxygen species in lead-induced sperm chromatin DNA damage

  • Ping-Chi Hsu, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ho-Yuan Chang, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yueliang Leon Guo, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University (NTU) and NTU Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yen-Chun Liu, Sc.B.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tung-Sheng Shih, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Council of Labor Affairs, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Tung-Sheng Shih, Sc.D., No. 99, Lane 407, Hengke Road, Sijhih City, Taipei County 22143, Taiwan (FAX: +886-2-26607731).

Received 27 July 2007; received in revised form 2 January 2008; accepted 2 January 2008. published online 14 March 2008.

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 P.-C.H. has nothing to disclose. H.-Y.C. has nothing to disclose. Y.L.G. has nothing to disclose. Y.-C.L. has nothing to disclose. T.-S.S. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported in part by the National Science Council (NSC 94-2314-B-327-001) and the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) of Taiwan.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00023-X

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.005

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 1096-1103, April 2009

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