The Effect of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Aspirin Consumption on Seminal Quality among Healthy Young Men

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 548-552

  Stutz, Graciela ^a   Zamudio, Javier ^a   Santillán, Maria Emilia ^a   Vincenti, Laura ^a   De Cuneo, Marta Fiol ^a,b   Ruiz, Rubén Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Aspirin; Semen; Sperm; Testosterone; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG USE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STANDARD; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOBACCO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33645467436     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890409603432     Document Type: Article

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