Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 4 , Pages 1456-1465 , October 2009

Effects of cigarette smoke on fertilization and embryo development in vivo

  • Junjiu Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida
    • College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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  • Maja Okuka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida
    • ,
  • Mark McLean

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida
    • ,
  • David L. Keefe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: David L. Keefe, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL 33606 (FAX: 813 259 8593).
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  • Lin Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida
    • College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

Received 10 June 2008 ,Revised 28 July 2008 ,Accepted 29 July 2008.

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 J.H. has nothing to disclose. M.O. has nothing to disclose. M.C. has nothing to disclose. D.K. has nothing to disclose. L.L. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program.

PII: S0015-0282(08)03563-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1781

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 4 , Pages 1456-1465 , October 2009

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