SynthesisEnvironmental science and pollution research international2022
Association between exposure to ambient air pollution and semen quality in adults: a meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Current risk factors for male infertility and semen parameters: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Asian journal of andrology · 2026Pooled 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
- Trends in Semen Quality: A Contrasting Perspective From a Single-Centre Review in Ireland.Andrology · 2026Article
- Fine particulate matter exposure and sperm DNA fragmentation in US men: a spatial cross-sectional study.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Ambient air pollution during developmental windows of spermatogenesis and semen quality among an infertility treatment seeking population.Ecotoxicology and environmental safety · 2025Article
- The relationship between air pollutants and preterm birth and blood routine changes in typical river valley city.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Short-term association between air pollution and daily genitourinary disorder admissions in Lanzhou, China.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
8 authors.
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Abstract
Air pollution has become a global concern and may be hazardous to human reproductive capacity, but the impact of exposure to air pollutants on semen quality remains controversial. We performed the meta-analysis to examine the association between air pollution exposure and semen quality. We searched PubMed, Web of Science Core Collection, and Cochrane Library databases (before December 2019). We selected original epidemiological studies on humans, written and published in English, that provided quantitative information to determine the associations between air pollution and sperm parameters. A random-effects model was used when the pooled effect estimates were found to be heterogeneous (I
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