Geographic variations in sperm counts: A potential cause of bias in studies of semen quality

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1044-1046

  Fisch, H ^a   Goluboff, E T ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

geographic variation; Sperm counts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029919777     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(16)58284-3     Document Type: Article

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