Regional differences in semen quality in Europe

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1012-1019

  Jørgensen, Niels ^a   Andersen, Anne Grethe ^a   Eustache, Florence ^b   Irvine, D Stewart ^c   Suominen, Jyrki ^d   Petersen, Jørgen Holm ^a,e   Andersen, Anders Nyboe ^a   Auger, Jacques ^b   Cawood, Elizabeth H H ^c   Horte, Antero ^d   Jensen, Tina Kold ^a   Jouannet, Pierre ^b   Keiding, Niels ^e   Vierula, Matti ^d   Toppari, Jorma ^d   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fertile men; Reference group; Regional differences; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FERTILITY; FINLAND; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESTYLE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF REPORT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0005070844     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.5.1012     Document Type: Article

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