Does exposure to computers affect the routine parameters of semen quality?

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-266

  Sun, Yue Lian ^a   Zhou, Wei Jin ^a   Wu, Jun Qing ^a   Gao, Er Sheng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Computer; Electromagnetization; Magnetization; Male reproduction; Semen analysis; Semen parameters; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHINA; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTURBATION; OCCUPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS SIZE; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COMPUTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMEN;

EID: 24744472093     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2005.00045.x     Document Type: Article

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