Nutritional modifications in male infertility: A systematic review covering 2 decades

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 118-130

  Giahi, Ladan ^a   Mohammadmoradi, Shayan ^a   Javidan, Aida ^b   Sadeghi, Mohammad Reza ^b  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Food compounds; Male infertility; Nutrition; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; SELENIUM; SUGAR; UBIDECARENONE; SUGAR INTAKE;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETETICS; EATING HABIT; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIPOPHILICITY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; QUALITY CONTROL; SOY FOOD; SPERM QUALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DIET; INFERTILITY, MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SUGAR INTAKE;

DIET; DIETARY SUCROSE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; ISOFLAVONES; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 84961645042     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuv059     Document Type: Article

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