Effects of psychological stress on human semen quality

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 194-202

  Fenster, Laura ^a   Katz, David F ^b   Wyrobek, Andrew J ^c   Pieper, Carl ^b   Rempel, David M ^d   Oman, Douglas ^a   Swan, Shanna H ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

psychological stress; semen; Semen quality; sperm count; sperm morphology; sperm motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MENTAL STRESS; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; EMPLOYMENT; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMEN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030912623     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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