Antioxidant intake is associated with semen quality in healthy men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1006-1012

  Eskenazi, B ^a   Kidd, S A ^a   Marks, A R ^a   Sloter, E ^b,c   Block, G ^a   Wyrobek, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Antioxidants; Diet; Semen quality; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; FOLIC ACID; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 18744378879     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh725     Document Type: Article

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