A low intake of antioxidant nutrients is associated with poor semen quality in patients attending fertility clinics

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1128-1133

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

^a Instituto Bernabeu   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

antioxidants; Food frequency; male infertility; vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CARBOHYDRATE; FATTY ACID; FOLIC ACID; HORMONE; LYCOPENE; PROTEIN; SELENIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FIBER; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SPAIN; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTIOXIDANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; FERTILITY; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 77049090238     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.075     Document Type: Article

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