Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 7 , Pages 2222-2231, 1 May 2010

Body mass index in relation to semen quality, sperm DNA integrity, and serum reproductive hormone levels among men attending an infertility clinic

  • Jorge E. Chavarro, M.D., Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jorge E. Chavarro, M.D., Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 (FAX: 617-432-2435).
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  • Thomas L. Toth, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Vincent Memorial Obstetrics and Gynecology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Diane L. Wright, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Vincent Memorial Obstetrics and Gynecology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • John D. Meeker, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Russ Hauser, M.D., Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Vincent Memorial Obstetrics and Gynecology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 21 October 2008; received in revised form 15 December 2008; accepted 9 January 2009. published online 03 March 2009.

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 J.E.C. has nothing to disclose. T.L.T. has nothing to disclose. D.L.W. has nothing to disclose. J.D. M. has nothing to disclose. R.H. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Grants ES009718 and ES00002, and the Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.

PII: S0015-0282(09)00150-2

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.100

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 7 , Pages 2222-2231, 1 May 2010

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