Lifestyle factors in people seeking infertility treatment - A review: Invited Review

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-20

  Anderson, Kirsty ^a   Nisenblat, Vicki ^a   Norman, Rob ^a  

^a Level 6 Medical School   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Infertility; Lifestyle; Smoking; Weight

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPICILLIN; ANABOLIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; CEFALOTIN; COCAINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIAMORPHINE; DICLOXACILLIN; FOLIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IODINE; LINCOMYCIN; METHYLMERCURY; NEOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OPIATE; PENICILLIN G; RECREATIONAL DRUG; RETINOL; SPIRAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TYLOSIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DISEASE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVE BIRTH; MENTAL STRESS; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VACCINATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; SMOKING;

EID: 77049085516     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01119.x     Document Type: Review

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