Tooba Mehrannia.
The effect of cigarette smoking on semen quality of infertile men.
Pak J Med Sci Jan ;23(5):717-9.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of cigarette smoking on semen quality of infertile men. Methodology: Two hundred fourteen infertile men who had been smoking cigarette and one hundred thirty infertile non smokers` men participated in this study. Seminal volume, sperm concentration, motility, viability, and morphology were examined. Results: The quality of spermatozoa obtained from smokers were much lower than non-smokers (P<0.01). The sperm concentration, viability and forward progression were negatively correlated with cigarette smoking (P<0.01). Conclusions: Smoking does affect the semen quality of infertile men.

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