Dairy food intake in relation to semen quality and reproductive hormone levels among physically active young men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2265-2275

  Afeiche, M ^a   Williams, P L ^a   Mendiola, J ^b   Gaskins, A J ^a   Jorgensen N ^c   Swan, S H ^d,e   Chavarro, J E ^a,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

dairy; diet; environmental effects; semen quality

Indexed keywords

MILK FAT; YOGHURT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEESE; CREAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; EXERCISE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; ICE CREAM; MALE; MILK; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SMOKING; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 84880517297     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det133     Document Type: Article

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