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SUBMITTER: Dai JB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4814952 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dai Jing-Bo JB Wang Zhao-Xia ZX Qiao Zhong-Dong ZD
Asian journal of andrology 20151101 6
The substantial harmful effects of tobacco smoking on fertility and reproduction have become apparent but are not generally appreciated. Tobacco smoke contains more than 4000 kinds of constituents, including nicotine, tar, carbonic monoxide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and heavy metals. Because of the complexity of tobacco smoke components, the toxicological mechanism is notably complicated. Most studies have reported reduced semen quality, reproductive hormone system dysfunction and impai ...[more]