Fruit and vegetable intake and their pesticide residues in relation to semen quality among men from a fertility clinic

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1342-1351

  Chiu, Y H ^a   Afeiche, M C ^a   Gaskins, A J ^a   Williams, P L ^a   Petrozza, J C ^b   Tanrikut, C ^b   Hauser, R ^a   Chavarro, J E ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

fruits and vegetables; pesticide; semen quality

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CELL STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRUDENT PATTERN SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VEGETABLE; ANALYSIS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84939620274     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev064     Document Type: Article

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