Strong adherence to a healthy dietary pattern is associated with better semen quality, especially in men with poor semen quality

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 916-923.e2

  Oostingh, Elsje C ^a   Steegers Theunissen, Régine P M ^a   de Vries, Jeanne H M ^b   Laven, Joop S E ^a   Koster, Maria P H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dietary pattern; male subfertility; semen analysis

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; DIETARY INTAKE; EJACULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; SUPPLEMENTATION; VITAMIN INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; HEALTHY DIET; INFERTILITY, MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADULT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 85014782469     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.02.103     Document Type: Article

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