Female and male lifestyle habits and IVF: What is known and unknown

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-203

  Klonoff Cohen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Caffeine; IVF; Smoking; Stress

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; DELIVERY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LIFESTYLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAFFEINE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 15944376189     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmh059     Document Type: Review

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