A case-control study of the factors affecting male infertility

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 862-865

  Mahboubi, Mohammad ^a   Foroughi, Fezollah ^a   Ghahramani, Fariba ^b   Shahandeh, Hanieh ^a   Moradi, Sahar ^a   Shirzadian, Tooraj ^a  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Case control; Cigarette smoking; Male infertility; Risk factor; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HERNIA; HUMAN; INFERTILITY, MALE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HERNIA; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84905663441     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/sag-1304-35     Document Type: Article

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