High and unchanged sperm counts of Finnish men

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-17

  Vierula, M ^a   Niemi, M ^a   Keiski, A ^a   Saaranen, M ^b   Saarikoski, S ^c   Suominen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Finnish IVF Institute Ltd   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finnish men; Linear regression; Semen quality; Sperm counts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY;

EID: 0029867114     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.1996.tb00427.x     Document Type: Article

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