Association between Use of Marijuana and Male Reproductive Hormones and Semen Quality: A Study among 1,215 Healthy Young Men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 473-481

  Gundersen, Tina Djernis ^a   Jørgensen, Niels ^a   Andersson, Anna Maria ^a   Bang, Anne Kirstine ^a   Nordkap, Loa ^a   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a   Priskorn, Lærke ^a   Juul, Anders ^a   Jensen, Tina Kold ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drug use; male reproductive health; marijuana; semen quality; sex hormones

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CANNABIS; RECREATIONAL DRUG; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG; DRUG USER; FITNESS; MALE; MILITARY APPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX HORMONE; SMOKE; SPERM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FITNESS; GLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SMOKING CESSATION; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STRESS ASSESSMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DENMARK;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941662187     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv135     Document Type: Article

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