Men's body mass index and infertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2488-2493

  Nguyen, Ruby H N ^a   Wilcox, Allen J ^a   Skjærven, Rolv ^b,c   Baird, Donna D ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Body weight; Infertility; Time to pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34548079993     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem139     Document Type: Article

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