Exposure to magnetic fields and the risk of poor sperm quality

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-92

  Li, De Kun ^a,b   Yan, Bei ^b   Li, Zheng ^c   Gao, Ersheng ^b   Miao, Maohua ^b   Gong, Dongming ^c   Weng, XiaoPing ^a   Ferber, Jeannette R ^a   Yuan, Wei ^b  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Electromagnetic fields; EMF; Male fertility; Semen analyses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 73649124544     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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