Alcohol and male reproductive health: A cross-sectional study of 8344 healthy men from Europe and the USA

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1801-1809

  Jensen, Tina Kold ^a,b   Swan, Shanna ^c   Jørgensen, Niels ^b   Toppari, Jorma ^d   Redmon, Bruce ^e   Punab, Margus ^f   Drobnis, Erma Z ^g   Haugen, Trine Berit ^h   Zilaitiene, Birute ⁱ   Sparks, Amy E ^j   Irvine, D Stewart ^k,l   Wang, Christina ^m   Jouannet, Pierre ⁿ   Brazil, Charlene ^o   Paasch, Uwe ^p   Salzbrunn, Andrea ^q   Erik Skakkebæk, Niels ^r   Andersson, Anna Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f TARTU UNIVERSITY CLINICS   (Estonia)

^g University of Missouri   (United States)

^h OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

ⁱ LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^j UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^k NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^m HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ Institut Cochin   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^r Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Alcohol; Male fertility; Reproductive hormones; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; INHIBIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EUROPE; EXERCISE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STRESS; UNITED STATES; WINE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904281803     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu118     Document Type: Article

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