Semen quality and sedentary work position

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-11

  Støy, Julie ^a   Hjøllund, Niels Henrik I ^a   Mortensen, Jens Tølbøll ^b   Burr, Hermann ^c   Bonde, Jens Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Department of Occupational Medicine ^*  (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Occupation; Sedentary work; Semen characteristics; Sperm count

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE STERILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEMINAL PLASMA; SITTING; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION;

ADULT; DENMARK; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPERM COUNT; WORK;

EID: 0842308825     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0105-6263.2003.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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