Effect of war on fertility: A review of the literature

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 43-53

  Abu Musa, Antoine A ^a   Kobeissi, Loulou ^b   Hannoun, Antoine B ^a   Inhorn, Marcia C ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Female infertility; Male infertility; War

Indexed keywords

MUSTARD GAS; URANIUM;

CONCEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEBANON; LIFE EVENT; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDLINE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SLOVENIA; VETERAN; VIET NAM; WAR;

EID: 48249086129     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60189-7     Document Type: Review

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