The fertilization potential of donor semen between 1982 and 2004 in the industrial area of Upper Silesia (Poland)

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-118

  Horák, Stanisław ^a   Kamińska, Jolanta ^a   Olejek, Anita ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air; Donor insemination; Fertilization potential; Industrial pollution; Soil; Time to pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLAND; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; POLAND; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 46349089543     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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