Lifestyle factors and reproductive health: Taking control of your fertility

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sharma, Rakesh ^a   Biedenharn, Kelly R ^a   Fedor, Jennifer M ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPICILLIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; CEFALOTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DANAZOL; DICLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FINASTERIDE; GENTAMICIN; ILLICIT DRUG; KETOCONAZOLE; LINCOMYCIN; METHADONE; NEOMYCIN; NIFEDIPINE; NIRIDAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; PHENYTOIN; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SPIRAMYCIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; TETRACYCLINE; TYLOSIN; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY WEIGHT; EATING DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE INFERTILITY; MENTAL STRESS; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SMOKING;

EID: 84880085926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-11-66     Document Type: Review

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