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Male Infertility

A Complete Guide to Lifestyle and Environmental Factors

  • Offers a comprehensive and concise approach to the understanding and prevention of male infertility due to lifestyle choices and environmental factors
  • Discusses topics such as smoking, drug use, obesity, exercise, sexually transmitted disease, radiation and psychological stress
  • Written and edited by internationally recognized scientists and clinicians in reproductive medicine and infertility

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Epidemiology and Evidence of Declining Male Fertility

    • Marcello Cocuzza, Sandro C. Esteves
    Pages 1-15
  3. Lifestyle/Personal Factors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
    2. The Effect of Smoking on Male Infertility

      • Omar Haque, Joseph A. Vitale, Ashok Agarwal, Stefan S. du Plessis
      Pages 19-30
    3. BMI and Obesity

      • Karishma Khullar, Ashok Agarwal, Stefan S. du Plessis
      Pages 31-45
    4. The Impact of Physical Exercise on Male Fertility

      • Diana Maria Vaamonde Martin, Marzo Edir Da Silva-Grigoletto, Asghar Abbasi, Juan Manuel García Manso
      Pages 47-60
    5. The Importance of Diet, Vitamins, Malnutrition, and Nutrient Deficiencies in Male Fertility

      • Landon W. Trost, Ahmet Gudeloglu, Edmund Y. Ko, Sijo J. Parekattil
      Pages 61-82
    6. The Effect of Alcohol Consumption on Male Infertility

      • Edson Borges Jr., Fábio Firmbach Pasqualotto
      Pages 83-92
    7. Drugs: Recreational and Performance Enhancing Substance Abuse

      • Fanuel Lampiao, Taryn Lockey, Collins E. Jana, David Moon Lee, Stefan S. du Plessis
      Pages 93-104
    8. Testicular Heat Stress and Sperm Quality

      • Damayanthi Durairajanayagam, Rakesh K. Sharma, Stefan S. du Plessis, Ashok Agarwal
      Pages 105-125
    9. Sexual Issues: Role of Sexually Transmitted Infections on Male Factor Fertility

      • William B. Smith II, Landon W. Trost, Yihan Chen, Amanda Rosencrans, Wayne J. G. Hellstrom
      Pages 127-140
  4. Occupational Exposure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
    2. Pesticides and Heavy Metal Toxicity

      • Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, Jaime Mendiola, Alberto M. Torres-Cantero
      Pages 181-192
    3. Endocrine Disruptors and Male Infertility

      • Riana Bornman, Natalie Aneck-Hahn
      Pages 193-210
    4. Ionizing Radiation

      • Pieter Johann Maartens, Margot Flint, Stefan S. du Plessis
      Pages 211-223
  5. Other Factors Affecting Male Fertility

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
    2. Risks from Medical and Therapeutic Treatments

      • Yagil Barazani, Edmund S. Sabanegh Jr.
      Pages 227-246
    3. The Aging Male: Longevity and Subsequent Implications

      • Sonja Grunewald, Uwe Paasch
      Pages 247-256

About this book

This unique text provides a comprehensive yet concise review of the various environmental factors and lifestyle choices which impact male fertility, with special emphasis on the mechanisms that contribute to decreased sperm production and impaired function. Internationally recognized scientists and clinicians, leaders in the field of infertility, gather their insights and discuss how to prevent, address and cure male infertility caused by factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, medication and drug use, obesity, dietary and exercise habits, sexually transmitted infections, psychological stress and occupational exposure to chemicals and radiation. Written in an easy to follow, informal yet scientific style, Male Infertility offers invaluable clinical guidelines for physicians and infertility experts and new data and research of great interest to basic scientists, andrologists and embryologists.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Medical Physiology, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Health Sciences, Tygerberg, South Africa

    Stefan S. du Plessis

  • Department of Urology, Cleveland Clinic Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland, USA

    Ashok Agarwal

  • Department of Urology, Cleveland Clinic Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland, USA

    Edmund S. Sabanegh, Jr.

About the editors

Stefan S. du Plessis, BScHons, Hons B(B&A), MSc, MBA, PhD (Stell), Division of Medical Physiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa

Ashok Agarwal, PhD, HCLD (ABB), ELD (ACE), Center for Reproductive Medicine, Andrology Center, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

Edmund S. Sabanegh, Jr., MD, Department of Urology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Male Infertility

  • Book Subtitle: A Complete Guide to Lifestyle and Environmental Factors

  • Editors: Stefan S. du Plessis, Ashok Agarwal, Edmund S. Sabanegh, Jr.

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1040-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-1039-7

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4476-7

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-1040-3

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 268

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 23 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Reproductive Medicine, Urology, Quality of Life Research

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Softcover Book USD 119.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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