Sperm morphological defects related to environment, lifestyle and medical history of 1001 male partners of pregnant women from four European cities

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2710-2717

  Auger, J ^a   Eustache, F ^a   Andersen, A G ^b   Irvine, D S ^c   Jorgensen N ^b   Skakkebaek N E ^b   Suominen, J ^d   Toppari, J ^d   Vierula, M ^d   Jouannet, P ^a  

^a Université Paris V ^*  (France)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Fertility; Sperm morphology; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; CITY; CLIMATE; CRYPTORCHISM; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL TREATMENT; MORPHOLOGY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RECORDING; SELF REPORT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; STRESS; WELDING; WINTER; WORKING TIME;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE;

EID: 0035657701     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.12.2710     Document Type: Article

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