Overview
- 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)
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Front Matter
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Lifestyle/Personal Factors
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Occupational Exposure
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Other Factors Affecting Male Fertility
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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
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