Journal of Reproduction & Infertility

Journal of Reproduction & Infertility

Exposure to Environmental Organic Mercury and Impairments in Human Fertility

Authors
Geir Bjørklund 1
Jan Aaseth 2
Maryam Dadar 3
Monica Butnariu 4
Salvatore Chirumbolo 5
1 Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, Mo i Rana, Norway
2 Research Department, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Brumunddal, Norway; Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Elverum, Norway
3 Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran
4 Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine "King Michael I of Romania" from Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania; CONEM Romania Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences Group, Banat’s University of Agricultur
5 Department of Neurological and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Journal of Reproduction & Infertility
Volume 20, Issue 3
Summer 2019
Pages 195-197