Food intake and its relationship with semen quality: a case-control study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 812-818

  Mendiola, Jaime ^a   Torres Cantero, Alberto M ^c   Moreno Grau, José M ^d   Ten, Jorge ^a   Roca, Manuela ^d   Moreno Grau, Stella ^d   Bernabeu, Rafael ^a,b  

^a Instituto Bernabeu   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

food frequency; Semen quality; xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

YOGHURT;

ADULT; APRICOT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FERTILITY; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LETTUCE; LIPOPHILICITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEAT; MILK; OLIGOSPERMIA; PEACH; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; REPRODUCTION; SCALE UP; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SHELLFISH; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TOMATO;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; DIET RECORDS; EATING; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPAIN; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 61349115652     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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