Effect of maternal coffee, smoking and drinking behavior on adult son's semen quality: Prospective evidence from the Child Health and Development Studies

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 375-386

  Cirillo, P M ^a   Cohn, B A ^a   Krigbaum, N Y ^a   Lee, M ^a   Brazil, C ^b   Factor Litvak, P ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

coffee; prenatal exposure; sperm concentration; sperm morphology; sperm motility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867356181     PISSN: 20401744     EISSN: 20401752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174411000584     Document Type: Article

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