Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 124-128 , January 2008

Effect of cell phone usage on semen analysis in men attending infertility clinic: an observational study

  • Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D., H.C.L.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Research Center, Glickman Urological Institute and Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Ashok Agarwal, Professor, Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Director, Center for Advanced Research in Human, Reproduction, Infertility, and Sexual Function, Glickman Urological Institute and Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A19.1, Cleveland, OH 44195 (FAX: 216-445-6049).
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  • Fnu Deepinder, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Research Center, Glickman Urological Institute and Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Rakesh K. Sharma, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Research Center, Glickman Urological Institute and Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Geetha Ranga, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Karthekeya Medical Research and Diagnostic Center, Mumbai, India
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  • Jianbo Li, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Quantitative Health, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Received 22 August 2006 ,Revised 31 January 2007 ,Accepted 31 January 2007.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)00332-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.166

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 124-128 , January 2008

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