Open AccessDoes Air Pollution Impact on Semen Parameters? Findings from a Real-Life, Cross-Sectional Study in Italian Infertile Men
Author(s) -
Federico Belladelli,
Christian Corsini,
Edoardo Pozzi,
Massimiliano Raffo,
Giuseppe Fallara,
António Gomes da Costa,
Daniele Cignoli,
Luca Boeri,
Eugenio Ventimiglia,
Paolo Capogrosso,
Michael L. Eisenberg,
Francesco Montorsi,
Andrea Salonia
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
the world journal of men's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.711
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2287-4690
pISSN - 2287-4208
DOI - 10.5534/wjmh.210240
Subject(s) - confidence interval , medicine , semen , infertility , odds ratio , logistic regression , sperm , semen analysis , cohort , male infertility , semen quality , cohort study , cross sectional study , demography , gynecology , andrology , pregnancy , biology , pathology , sociology , genetics
In industrialized countries, air pollutants levels have been monitored closely for environmental and research issues. Using Italian data, we aimed to investigate the association between air pollutants levels and semen parameters in a cohort of non-Finnish white-European men presenting for couple's infertility.