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SUBMITTER: Afeiche MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4180710 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Afeiche Myriam C MC Williams Paige L PL Gaskins Audrey J AJ Mendiola Jaime J Jørgensen Niels N Swan Shanna H SH Chavarro Jorge E JE
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 20140501 3
<h4>Background</h4>In the United States, anabolic sex steroids are administered to cattle for growth promotion. There is concern regarding the reproductive consequences of this practice in men who eat beef. We investigated whether meat consumption was associated with semen quality parameters and reproductive hormone levels in young men.<h4>Methods</h4>Semen samples were obtained from 189 men aged 18-22 years. Diet was assessed with a previously validated food frequency questionnaire. We used lin ...[more]