Are boxer shorts really better? A critical analysis of the role of underwear type in male subfertility

Journal of Urology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1329-1333

  Munkelwitz, Robert ^a   Gilbert, Bruce R ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Men; Scrotum; Temperature; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 0032322445     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)62528-X     Document Type: Article

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