Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 374-377 , August 2004

Effects of alcohol and cigarette consumption on human seminal quality

  • Ana Carolina Martini, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Córdoba, Argentina
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  • Rosa Inés Molina, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Centro Integral de Ginecología, Obstetricia y Reproducción. Córdoba, Argentina
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  • Daniel Estofán, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centro Integral de Ginecología, Obstetricia y Reproducción. Córdoba, Argentina
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  • Daniel Senestrari, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centro Integral de Ginecología, Obstetricia y Reproducción. Córdoba, Argentina
    • ,
  • Marta Fiol de Cuneo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Córdoba, Argentina
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Marta Fiol de Cuneo, M.D., Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Santa Rosa 1085, X5000ESU, Córdoba, Argentina (FAX: 54-351-4332019).
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  • Rubén Daniel Ruiz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Córdoba, Argentina

Received 13 August 2003 ,Revised 15 March 2004 ,Accepted 15 March 2004.

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☆ Supported by grants from the Agencia Córdoba Ciencia (ACC S.E.), FONCyT and Secretaría de Ciencia y Tecnología (SECyT), UNC.

PII: S0015-0282(04)00737-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.03.022

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 374-377 , August 2004

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