Editorial: Exercise and fertility: An update

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 259-263

  Olive, David L ^a  

^a Wisconsin Fertility Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

EDITORIAL; ENERGY BALANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INFERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCTION; SCROTAL SWELLING; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPORT; STRESS; ATHLETE; FEMALE; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATHLETES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 77954642396     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32833c7227     Document Type: Editorial

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