Cadmium is a heavy toxic metal with unknown biological functions in the human body. Over
time, cadmium accretion in the different visceral organs (liver, lungs, kidney, and testis) is …

Abstract Background Cadmium (Cd) is a non-essential toxic heavy metal, an environmental
toxicant, and toxic at a low concentration, and it has no known beneficial role in the human …

Lead toxicity is a major public health issue in developed and developing countries. Both
acute and chronic lead exposure has the potential to cause many deleterious systematic …

Objective To explore potential causes of male infertility by determining the composition and
structure of commensal bacterial communities in seminal fluids. Design Microscopy of Gram …

Lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic, often referred to as “heavy metals”, are toxic for
wildlife, experimental animals, and humans. While experimental animal and human …

Heavy metals are endocrine disruptors which interfere with processes mediated by
endogenous hormones of the organism, negatively affecting endocrine functions. Some …

Several recent studies have suggested that sperm concentrations and semen quality have
been decreasing over the past several decades in many areas of the world. The etiology of …

Background Evidence on human semen quality as it relates to exposure to various metals,
both essential (eg, zinc, copper) and nonessential (eg, cadmium, lead), is inconsistent. Most …

Sažetak A combination of genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors contributes to adverse
effects on the reproductive health in men. Metals are pervasive in food, water, air, tobacco …

Serum and seminal plasma cadmium (Cd) concentrations were estimated by atomic
absorption spectrophotometry in 60 infertile adult male Nigerians (40 oligozoospermics and …