Trace elements in seminal plasma of men from infertile couples

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 591-598

  Guzikowski, Wojciech ^a   Szynkowska, Małgorzata I ^b   Motak Pochrzęst, Hanna ^c   Pawlaczyk, Aleksandra ^b   Sypniewski, Stanisław ^b  

^a Obstetric Gynecology and Neonatal Hospital   (Poland)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c District Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Infertility; Seminal plasma; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 84932136068     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: 18969151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2015.52363     Document Type: Article

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