Socio-psycho-behavioural factors associated with male semen quality in China: Results from 1346 healthy men in Chongqing

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 102-110

  Li, Ying ^a   Li, Yafei ^a   Zhou, Niya ^a   Han, Xue ^a   Ma, Mingfu ^b   Li, Lianbing ^b   Cai, Min ^b   Cui, Zhihong ^a   Lin, Hui ^a   Zhou, Ziyuan ^a   Xiong, Hongyan ^a   Cao, Jia ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Science and Technology for Population and Family Planning   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATH; CHINA; COFFEE; COMPUTER; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TEA; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; COMPLICATION; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875152277     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jfprhc-2011-100276     Document Type: Article

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