Smoking, sperm quality and testosterone level

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3275-3276

  James, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; CHROMOSOME 1; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCEPTION; CRIME; DIPLOIDY; DRUG ABUSE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOBACCO; BLOOD; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOKING; SPERMATOZOON;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0036904214     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.12.3275     Document Type: Letter

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