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QU-HMC study links excessive smoking to low sperm quality 

Jump to full article: Gulf Times (qa), 2008-07-01
Author: Bonnie James

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EXCESSIVE cigarette smoking may have a major role in altering sperm quality, thereby adversely affecting male reproductive health, a study conducted by Qatar University in collaboration with Hamad Medical Corporation has indicated. Seminal parameters such as sperm concentration, total sperm count and forward motility, and sperm morphology, which refer to the size and shape of the sperm, were changed due to heavy smoking, it was revealed.

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