Fruit and vegetable intake and their pesticide residues in relation to semen quality amongmen from a fertility clinic
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Y.H. Chiu1, M.C. Afeiche2, A.J. Gaskins1,3, P.L. Williams3,4, J.C. Petrozza5, C. Tanrikut6, R. Hauser2,3, and J.E. Chavarro1,3,7,* Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston,MA 02115, USA Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA Vincent Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Re: Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Their Pesticide Residues in Relation to Semen Quality among Men from a Fertility Clinic.
STUDY QUESTION Is consumption of fruits and vegetables with high levels of pesticide residues associated with lower semen quality? SUMMARY ANSWER Consumption of fruits and vegetables with high levels of pesticide residues was associated with a lower total sperm count and a lower percentage of morphologically normal sperm among men presenting to a fertility clinic. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Occu...
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