Epidemiology and trends in male subfertility

Human Fertility

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 182-188

  Povey, A C ^a   Stocks, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Male factor infertility; male fertility

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; LEAD; NONOXINOL; TERATOGENIC AGENT;

CARCINOGENICITY; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTRACEPTION; CRYPTORCHISM; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE INFERTILITY; MUTAGENICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SPERM; TERATOGENICITY; TESTIS CANCER;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78649922242     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2010.515700     Document Type: Review

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