Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy and semen quality in the male offspring: Two decades of follow-up

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2340-2345

  Ramlau Hansen, C H ^a,b   Toft, G ^a   Jensen, M S ^a   Strandberg Larsen, K ^c   Hansen, M L ^a   Olsen, J ^b,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; prenatal exposure; reproductive hormones; risk factor; sperm count

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 77955940109     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq140     Document Type: Article

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