Selenium supplementation does not affect testicular selenium status or semen quality in North American men

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 525-533

  Hawkes, Wayne Chris ^a   Alkan, Zeynep ^a   Wong, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer chemoprevention; Nutrition; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLACEBO; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SELENIUM;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SELENIUM; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 70349602541     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.006940     Document Type: Article

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