Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 278-283 , August 2008

Effect of cigarette smoking on antioxidant levels and presence of leukocytospermia in infertile men: a prospective study

Received 23 September 2007 ,Revised 22 January 2008 ,Accepted 8 February 2008.

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 F.F.P. has nothing to disclose. F.M.U. has nothing to disclose. M.S. has nothing to disclose. E.B. has nothing to disclose. B.P.S. has nothing to disclose. E.B.P. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) process no. 409651/2006-0 and Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa no Rio Grande do Sul (Bolsa de iniciação cientifica).

PII: S0015-0282(08)00483-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.123

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 278-283 , August 2008

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