Male athletic activities and their effects on semen and hormonal parameters

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 114-120

  Brant, William O ^a   Myers, Jeremy B ^a   Carrell, Douglas T ^b   Smith, James F ^c  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypogonadism; Infertility; Physical activity; Semen; Testicular injuries; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; STEROID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; EXERCISE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RISK FACTOR; SPERM; TESTIS; UNITED STATES;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; DOPING IN SPORTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN; SPORTS; TESTIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650336875     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2010.10.1816     Document Type: Article

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