The impact of semen quality, occupational exposure to environmental factors and lifestyle on recurrent pregnancy loss

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1513-1518

  Wang, Ruixue ^a   Zhou, Hongli ^a   Zhang, Zhihong ^a   Dai, Rulin ^a   Geng, Dongfeng ^a   Liu, Ruizhi ^a,b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lifestyle; Male factors; Occupational exposure; Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL); Semen parameters; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

ANILINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT ABORTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890558727     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-0091-1     Document Type: Article

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