Age, the environment and our reproductive future: Bonking baby boomers and the future of sex

Reproduction

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Aitken, R John ^a  

^a HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALCOHOL; COBALT; HERBICIDE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PESTICIDE; VINCLOZOLIN;

ABORTION; AGE; ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY; BABY BOOMER; BIRTH CONTROL; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG INDUSTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENETICS; FAMILY PLANNING; GERM LINE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; OBESITY; PARENTHOOD; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEX; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; AGE FACTORS; CONTRACEPTION; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OBESITY; OOCYTES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SMOKING; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84893183236     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-13-0399     Document Type: Review

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