Selenium-vitamin E supplementation in infertile men: Effects on semen parameters and micronutrient levels and distribution

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 65-83

  Vézina, Denis ^a,c   Mauffette, François ^a,b   Roberts, Kenneth D ^a,c   Bleau, Gilles ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

infertility; Selenium; vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; SELENIUM;

ADULT; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0029761391     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02784546     Document Type: Article

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