Semen quality in relation to antioxidant intake in a healthy male population

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1572-1579

  Zareba, Piotr ^a,b   Colaci, Daniela S ^a   Afeiche, Myriam ^a   Gaskins, Audrey J ^a   Jørgensen, Niels ^c   Mendiola, Jaime ^d   Swan, Shanna H ^e,f   Chavarro, Jorge E ^a,g  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

antioxidants; diet; Infertility; sperm quality parameters; vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; XANTHOPHYLL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CYTOLOGY; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIET; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84888432389     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.08.032     Document Type: Article

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