Clinical Nutrition
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 100-105 , February 2010

Relationship of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids with semen characteristics, and anti-oxidant status of seminal plasma: A comparison between fertile and infertile men

Received 25 February 2009 ,Accepted 16 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.07.008

Clinical Nutrition
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 100-105 , February 2010

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