Direct effect of alcohol on the motility and morphology of human spermatozoa

Andrologia

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-47

  Donnelly, G P ^a   McClure, N ^a   Kennedy, M S ^a   Lewis, Sheena E M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer assisted semen analysis; Ethanol; Infertility; Morphology; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VELOCITY;

ETHANOL; HUMANS; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032899361     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.1999.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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