Semen quality in fertile men in relation to psychosocial stress

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1104-1111

  Gollenberg, Audra L ^a   Liu, Fan ^b   Brazil, Charlene ^c   Drobnis, Erma Z ^d   Guzick, David ^b   Overstreet, James W ^c   Redmon, James B ^e   Sparks, Amy ^f   Wang, Christina ^g   Swan, Shanna H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d School of Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

life events; psychosocial stress; semen quality; Sperm concentration; sperm morphology; sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MENTAL STRESS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM MOTILITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77049087365     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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