Shedding light on the controversy surrounding the temporal decline in human sperm counts: A systematic review

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Cocuzza, Marcello ^a   Esteves, Sandro C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Androfert   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RECREATIONAL DRUG; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CRYPTORCHISM; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GERM CELL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; HYPOTHESIS; LEUKOCYTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SMOKING; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTIS CANCER; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; MALE;

HUMANS; MALE; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 84896879223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/365691     Document Type: Review

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