Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 4 , Pages 1318-1325 , October 2009

Effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic waves (RF-EMW) from cellular phones on human ejaculated semen: an in vitro pilot study

  • Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D., H.C.L.D., Professor and Director, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A19.1, Cleveland, OH 44195 (FAX: 216-636-3118, 216-445-6049).
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  • Nisarg R. Desai, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Kartikeya Makker, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Alex Varghese, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Rand Mouradi, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Edmund Sabanegh, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Rakesh Sharma, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Received 4 June 2008 ,Revised 31 July 2008 ,Accepted 7 August 2008.

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 A.A. has nothing to disclose. N.D. has nothing to disclose. K.M. has nothing to disclose. A.V. has nothing to disclose. R.M. has nothing to disclose. E.S. has nothing to disclose. R.S. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by the Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic.

PII: S0015-0282(08)03356-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.022

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 4 , Pages 1318-1325 , October 2009

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