Paternal physical and sedentary activities in relation to semen quality and reproductive outcomes among couples from a fertility center.

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Published in Hum Reprod on August 27, 2014

Authors

A J Gaskins1, M C Afeiche2, R Hauser3, P L Williams4, M W Gillman5, C Tanrikut6, J C Petrozza7, J E Chavarro8

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA ajg219@mail.harvard.edu.
2: Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
3: Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
4: Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
5: Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
6: Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
7: Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
8: Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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