Semen abnormalities, sperm DNA damage and global hypermethylation in health workers occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation.

BACKGROUND: Cytogenetic studies have demonstrated that low levels of chronic radiation exposure can potentially increase the frequency of chromosomal aberrations and aneuploidy in somatic cells. Epidemiological studies have shown that health workers occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation bear...

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Main Authors: Dayanidhi Kumar, Sujith Raj Salian, Guruprasad Kalthur, Shubhashree Uppangala, Sandhya Kumari, Srinivas Challapalli, Srinidhi Gururajarao Chandraguthi, Hanumanthappa Krishnamurthy, Navya Jain, Pratap Kumar, Satish Kumar Adiga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3726700?pdf=render