Association of Between Heavy Metal and Trace Element Levels in Blood and Cervical Mucus with Female Infertility.
Objective: Infertility affects 10-15% of couples during the reproductive period. Ovulatory disorders are more common in younger women whereas unexplained infertility occurs more commonly in older women. Recently, many environmental agents, such as cigarettes, alcohol, heat, electromagnetic energy an...
| Publicado en: | Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 1032 - 1039 |
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Turkiye Klinikleri
Aug2012
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