Data from men in greater Seattle area reveals no downward trend in semen quality: Further evidence that deterioration of semen quality is not geographically uniform

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1015-1020

  Paulsen, C A ^a   Berman, N G ^a   Wang, C ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

semen volume; Sperm concentration; sperm morphology; time related change

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; UNITED STATES; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0029866351     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58279-x     Document Type: Article

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