Semen quality of fertile US males in relation to their mothers' beef consumption during pregnancy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1497-1502

  Swan, Shanna H ^a   Liu, F ^a   Overstreet, J W ^b   Brazil, C ^b   Skakkebaek, N E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beef; Fertility; Meat; Semen quality; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; STEROID; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEAT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447311377     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem068     Document Type: Article

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