Effect of tobacco smoking on semen quality in men with subfertility

UroToday International Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-

  Hussein, Alaa ^a   AlGadaa, Ayman ^b   ElFaras, Mohamed ^a   ElFiky, Medhat ^a  

^a King Fahd Specialized Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Semen quality; Smoking; Subfertily

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951731863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19394810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3834/uij.1944-5784.2011.02.11     Document Type: Article

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