Relationship between physical occupational exposures and health on semen quality: Data from the Longitudinal Investigation of Fertility and the Environment (LIFE) study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1271-1277

  Eisenberg, Michael L ^a   Chen, Zhen ^b   Ye, Aijun ^c   Buck Louis, Germaine M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c Glotec   (United States)

Author keywords

comorbidity; health; Male infertility; oligospermia; workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH; HEAT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MORPHOLOGY; NIGHT WORK; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SHIFT WORKER; SITTING; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; VIBRATION; WORKPLACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; TIME; UNITED STATES; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FERTILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFERTILITY, MALE; JOB DESCRIPTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICHIGAN; OCCUPATIONS; OLIGOSPERMIA; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICAL EXERTION; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84929432032     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.02.010     Document Type: Article

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