Sperm quality and environment: A retrospective, cohort study in a Northern province of Italy

Environmental Research

Volumn 150, Issue , 2016, Pages 144-153

  Santi, Daniele ^a,b   Vezzani, Silvia ^a,b   Granata, Antonio RM ^a   Roli, Laura ^b   De Santis, Maria Cristina ^b   Ongaro, Chiara ^a   Donati, Federica ^a   Baraldi, Enrica ^b   Trenti, Tommaso ^b   Setti, Monica ^c   Simoni, Manuela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Metabolism and Geriatrics ^*  (Italy)

^c AUSL Modena   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environment; Male infertility; Pollution; Semen analysis

Indexed keywords

RAIN; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; INFERTILITY; MOTILITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM NUMBER; SPERM QUALITY; SPERM VOLUME; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WINTER; COLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPERMATOZOON; TOXICITY;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY;

EMILIA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84976591235     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.05.053     Document Type: Article

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