Reduced fertility among overweight and obese men

Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 520-523

  Sallmén, Markku ^a,b   Sandler, Dale P ^a   Hoppin, Jane A ^a   Blair, Aaron ^c   Baird, Donna Day ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COST OF ILLNESS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BODY MASS INDEX; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747140420     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000229953.76862.e5     Document Type: Article

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