Soy food and isoflavone intake in relation to semen quality parameters among men from an infertility clinic

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2584-2590

  Chavarro, Jorge E ^a,b   Toth, Thomas L ^c   Sadio, Sonita M ^c   Hauser, Russ ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility; Isoflavones; Semen analysis; Soy; Sperm concentration

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; DAIDZEIN; GENISTEIN; GLYCITEIN; ISOFLAVONE;

ABSTINENCE; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL STRUCTURE; EJACULATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOYBEAN; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 54149096554     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den243     Document Type: Article

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