ArticleAsian journal of andrology
Ambient ozone pollution is associated with decreased semen quality: longitudinal analysis of 8945 semen samples from 2015 to 2018 and during pollution-control period in Beijing, China.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Does outdoor air pollution cause poor semen quality? A systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC urology · 2025Pooled it
- Does air pollution exposure affect semen quality? Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis of 93,996 Chinese men.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Association between exposure to ambient air pollution and semen quality in adults: a meta-analysis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Pooled it
- Unveiling the Mechanisms of Ozone-Induced Male Reproductive Toxicity: Insights from Testicular Proteomics and CTD Database.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Declines in ovarian reserve associated with ambient ozone exposure: mediating role of lipid profile.Lipids in health and disease · 2026Article
- The silent threat: PMArchives of toxicology · 2026Review
- Ozone exposure and semen quality in low-income men with unhealthy behaviours in Foshan, China: a case-control study.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Trends in male semen parameters (2011-2018): a large-scale retrospective analysis of 5,886 cases based on the fifth edition WHO manual.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Identifying critical windows of air pollution exposure and semen quality: A cross-sectional study in Chinese fertile men.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Ambient Ozone Pollution Exposure on Mice Testicular Tissue: An Integrated Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Analysis.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2025Article
- Ambient Ozone Exposure, Semen Plasma Metabolites, and Sperm Quality Decline among Adult Men in Wuhan China.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2024Article
- Episodic ozone exposure in Long-Evans rats has limited effects on cauda sperm motility and non-coding RNA populations.Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Male Germ Cell Telomeres and Chemical Pollutants.Biomolecules · 2023Review
- A retrospective cohort study of geographic differences in the semen of 1,012 sperm donors in China.Translational andrology and urology · 2023Article
- Lifestyle, Insulin Resistance and Semen Quality as Co-Dependent Factors of Male Infertility.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Diurnal rhythm of human semen quality: analysis of large-scale human sperm bank data and timing-controlled laboratory study.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
- Basic Phenotyping of Male Fertility from 2019 to 2020 at the Human Sperm Bank of Fudan University.Phenomics (Cham, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Semen quality and windows of susceptibility: A case study during COVID-19 outbreak in China.Environmental research · 2021Observational
- Impact of environmental toxin exposure on male fertility potential.Translational andrology and urology · 2020Review
- Ambient sulfur dioxide could have an impact on testicular volume from a observational study on a population of infertile male.BMC urology · 2020Observational
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Abstract
Previous studies suggest that air pollution has a negative effect on semen quality. However, most studies are cross-sectional and the results are controversial. This study investigated the associations between air pollutants (PM
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