Workplace exposures and male infertility - A case-control study

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 331-338

  El Helaly, Mohamed ^a   Awadalla, Nabil ^a   Mansour, Moheb ^a   El Biomy, Yousef ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Occupational exposure; Risk; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPERM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951662158     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-010-0039-y     Document Type: Article

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