Effects of work and life stress on semen quality

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 530-538

  Janevic, Teresa ^a   Kahn, Linda G ^b   Landsbergis, Paul ^c   Cirillo, Piera M ^d   Cohn, Barbara A ^d   Liu, Xinhua ^b   Factor Litvak, Pam ^b  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Epidemiology Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Semen quality; stress; work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

SEMEN QUALITY; STRESS; WORK;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CELL SHAPE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK;

EID: 84905441913     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.04.021     Document Type: Article

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