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Self-reported mobile phone use and semen parameters among men from a fertility clinic.

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Lewis RC, Mínguez-Alarcón L, Meeker JD, Williams PL, Mezei G, Ford JB, Hauser R; EARTH Study Team. · 2016

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The study found no evidence of a relationship between mobile phone use and semen quality.

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Researchers explored the relationship between mobile phone use patterns and semen quality markers in a longitudinal cohort of 153 men at a Boston fertility clinic. Mobile phone use duration, headset use, and phone carrying location were assessed via nurse-administered questionnaire. A total of 350 semen samples were collected and analyzed onsite. Linear mixed models with random intercepts accounted for multiple semen samples per man. Overall, there was no evidence for a relationship between mobile phone use and semen quality.

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The aim of this study is to investigate Self-reported mobile phone use and semen parameters among men from a fertility clinic.

The relationship between mobile phone use patterns and markers of semen quality was explored in a lo...

Overall, there was no evidence for a relationship between mobile phone use and semen quality.

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Lewis RC, Mínguez-Alarcón L, Meeker JD, Williams PL, Mezei G, Ford JB, Hauser R; EARTH Study Team. (2016). Self-reported mobile phone use and semen parameters among men from a fertility clinic. Reprod Toxicol. 2016 Nov 9. pii: S0890-6238(16)30408-7. doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2016.11.008.
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@article{rc_2016_selfreported_mobile_phone_use_3194,
  author = {Lewis RC and Mínguez-Alarcón L and Meeker JD and Williams PL and Mezei G and Ford JB and Hauser R; EARTH Study Team.},
  title = {Self-reported mobile phone use and semen parameters among men from a fertility clinic.},
  year = {2016},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27838386/},
}
PubMed: 27838386

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The study found no evidence of a relationship between mobile phone use and semen quality.
The study included 153 men who attended a fertility clinic in Boston.
Mobile phone use duration, headset use, and phone carrying location were assessed via nurse-administered questionnaire.
Researchers collected and analyzed 350 semen samples onsite.
Linear mixed models with random intercepts were used to account for multiple semen samples per man.