Male reproductive health under threat: Short term exposure to radiofrequency radiations emitted by common mobile jammers

Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 124-128

  Mortazavi, S M J ^a,b   Parsanezhad, M E ^c   Kazempour, M ^d   Ghahramani, P ^d   Mortazavi, A R ^a   Davari, M ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IVF Center of Shiraz   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; male reproductive health; microwave; mobile jammers; radiofrequency; sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; MALE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; MASTURBATION; MOBILE PHONE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 84884230991     PISSN: 09741208     EISSN: 19984766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-1208.117178     Document Type: Article

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