Relationship between psychological stress and semen quality among in-vitro fertilization patients

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 753-758

  Ciarke, Robert N ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

In vitro fertilization; Male infertility; Semen; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OOCYTE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0033041286     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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