Association of semen quality and occupational factors: Comparison of case-control analysis and analysis continuous variables

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-18

  Bigelow, Philip L ^a,c   Jarrell, John ^a,b   Young, Murray R ^a   Keefe, Thomas J ^a,c   Love, Edgar J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Male; Occupation; Semen quality; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; WELDING;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMEN; STATISTICS; STRESS;

EID: 0031882642     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00437-8     Document Type: Article

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