High dietary intake of saturated fat is associated with reduced semen quality among 701 young Danish men from the general population

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 411-418

  Jensen, Tina K ^a,b   Heitmann, Berit L ^c   Jensen, Martin Blomberg ^a   Halldorsson, Thorhallur I ^d,e   Andersson, Anna Maria ^a   Skakkebœk, Niels E ^a   Joensen, Ulla N ^a   Lauritsen, Mette P ^a   Christiansen, Peter ^a   Dalgård, Christine ^b   Lassen, Tina H ^a   Jørgensen, Niels ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e Statens Serum Institute   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FAT INTAKE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MILITARY SERVICE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DIET, HIGH-FAT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OLIGOSPERMIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84873387258     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.042432     Document Type: Article

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