Does stress effect male infertility? - A debate

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Schneid Kofman, Naomi ^a   Sheiner, Eyal ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Infertility; Male; Psychological stress; Sperm analysis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MENTAL STRESS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; STRESS;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 24044505691     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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