Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 3 , Pages 619-626 , September 2008

Is overweight a risk factor for reduced semen quality and altered serum sex hormone profile?

Received 28 December 2006 ,Revised 5 July 2007 ,Accepted 5 July 2007.

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 Supported by a grant from the University of Aarhus Research Foundation (Aarhus, Denmark).

PII: S0015-0282(07)01528-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1292

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