Is dietary pesticide exposure related to semen quality? Positive evidence from men attending a fertility clinic

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1287-1289

  Levine, Hagai ^a,b   Swan, Shanna H ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; BIOCIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTRACEPTION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MALE INFERTILITY; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTION; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); URINALYSIS; VEGETABLE; ANALYSIS; DIET; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84939636345     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev065     Document Type: Note

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