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ArticleBMC public health2025

Identifying critical windows of air pollution exposure and semen quality: A cross-sectional study in Chinese fertile men.

Jialin Feng, Yan Yuan, Yuting Cheng, Peihao Wu, Yixuan Yan, Qi Liu, Feng Wu, Jing Wei, Hongshan Ge, Qiuqin Tang and 1 more

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Jialin Feng *State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yan Yuan *State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yuting ChengState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Peihao WuState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yixuan YanState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Qi LiuState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Feng WuState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Jing WeiReproduction Medicine Centre, The Affiliated Taizhou People's Hospital to Nanjing Medical University, Taizhou, China.
Hongshan GeReproduction Medicine Centre, The Affiliated Taizhou People's Hospital to Nanjing Medical University, Taizhou, China. hongshange@njmu.edu.cn.
Qiuqin TangDepartment of Obstetrics, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. tqq19871004@126.com.
Wei WuState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. wwu@njmu.edu.cn.

Funding

Major Program of Wuxi Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University WMCM202306National Key Project of Research and Development Program 2022YFC2702902National Natural Science Foundation of China 82273662Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province BK20221307Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China 24KJA330001Noncommunicable Chronic Diseases-National Science and Technology Major Project 2023ZD0507400
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Abstract

backgroundAlthough human studies on the hazard that air pollution represents to male reproductive health, there are wide variations in exposure concentration, key components, semen quality indicators and the identification of susceptible exposure windows. The study aimed to further explore the relationship between air pollution and semen quality and the more accurate sensitive exposure windows.

methodsWe investigated a cross-sectional study consisting of 1554 fertile men from Nanjing, China and evaluated their exposure to PM

resultsOur analysis linked PM

conclusionsIn both the single pollutant models and the multi-pollutants models, PM

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionEnvironmental ExposureSemen AnalysisAdultChinaCross-Sectional StudiesEast Asian PeopleHumansMaleParticulate MatterAir PollutantsParticulate MatterAir pollutionCritical windowMajor chemical composition of PM2.5Semen qualitySperm motility

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PMID40898102
PMCPMC12403329

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