Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 4 , Pages 863-870 , October 2004

Body mass index in relation to semen quality and reproductive hormonesamong 1,558 Danish men

  • Tina Kold Jensen, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Tina Kold Jensen, M.D., Ph.D., University Department of Growth and Reproduction, GR 5064, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark (FAX: 45-35456054
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  • Anne-Maria Andersson, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Niels Jørgensen, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Anne-Grethe Andersen, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Elisabeth Carlsen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • J.ørgen Holm Petersen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen,Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Niels E. Skakkebæk, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Received 15 October 2003 ,Revised 15 March 2004 ,Accepted 15 March 2004.

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 Supported by the European Union (contract no. QLK4-1999-01422/BMH4-CT96-0314), Danish Environmental Agency, Danish Research Council (grant no. 9700883 and SV1736).

PII: S0015-0282(04)02224-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.03.056

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 4 , Pages 863-870 , October 2004

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