Effects of seminal plasma from cigarette smokers on sperm viability and longevity

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 3 SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 425-429

  Zavos, Panayiotis M ^a,d,e   Correa, Juan R ^d   Antypas, Spyros ^b   Zarmakoupis Zavos, Panayota N ^a,d   Zarmakoupis, Constantinos N ^c  

^a Kentucky Center for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^d Andrology Institute of Lexington   (United States)

^e 607 WP Garrigus Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Longevity; Seminal plasma; Sperm viability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONGEVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM;

ADULT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN; SMOKING; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031944048     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(97)00540-2     Document Type: Article

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