Alcohol and the male reproductive system

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 282-287

  Emanuele, Mary Ann ^a   Emanuele, Nicholas ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ethanol to acetaldehyde metabolism; Fertility; Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis; Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone; Male; Nitric oxide; Oxidation; Reproductive effects of AODU (alcohol and other drug use); Reproductive system; Testicles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0035754160     PISSN: 0090838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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