Effects of cellular phone emissions on sperm motility in rats

• Published in: Fertility and sterility Vol. 88; no. 4; pp. 957 - 964
• Main Authors: Yan, Ji-Geng, M.D., Ph.D, Agresti, Michael, M.S, Bruce, Tim, B.S, Yan, Yu Hui, M.D, Granlund, Amy, B.S, Matloub, Hani S., M.D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.10.2007; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Cell Phone; Cellular phones; electromagnetic field; Electromagnetic Fields; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Internal Medicine; Male; male fertility; Medical sciences; Obstetrics and Gynecology; radiation effects; radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation; radiofrequency exposure; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Sperm Count; sperm motility; Sperm Motility - radiation effects; Spermatozoa - cytology; Spermatozoa - radiation effects; sperm motility; Cellular phones; electromagnetic field; male fertility; radiation effects; radiofrequency exposure; radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation; Mobile phone; Motility; Rat; Semen; Gynecology; Rodentia; Radiation; Emission; Male; Exposure; Radiofrequency; Obstetrics; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Fertility; Animal; Radiation effect; Electromagnetic field

Objective To evaluate the effects of cellular phone emissions on rat sperm cells. Design Classic experimental. Setting Animal research laboratory. Subjects Sixteen 3-month-old male Sprague-Dawley rats, weighing 250–300 g. Intervention(s) Rats in the experimental group were exposed to two 3-hour peri...