Psychological stress and testicular function: A cross-sectional study of 1,215 Danish men

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 174-187.e2

  Nordkap, Loa ^a   Jensen, Tina Kold ^a   Hansen, Åse Marie ^b,c   Lassen, Tina Harmer ^a   Bang, Anne Kirstine ^a   Joensen, Ulla Nordström ^a   Jensen, Martin Blomberg ^a   Skakkebæk, Niels Erik ^a   Jørgensen, Niels ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

normal men; reproductive hormones; semen quality; sperm concentration; Stress

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MORPHINE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CANNABIS USE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DANISH CITIZEN; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG USE; EPIDIDYMITIS; EXERCISE; FITNESS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; HYPOSPADIAS; INGUINAL HERNIA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MUMPS; ORCHITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS TORSION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; DENMARK; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY, MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPERMATOZOON;

BIOMARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949429458     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.09.016     Document Type: Article

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