Sexual arousal and the quality of semen produced by masturbation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 147-151

  Van Roijen, J H ^a,b   Slob, A K ^b   Gianotten, W L ^a   Dohle, G R ^a   Van Der Zon, A T M ^a   Vreeburg, J T M ^a,b   Weber, R F A ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Masturbation; Semen quality; Sexual arousal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANDROLOGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MASTURBATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGASM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SPERM; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 0030024176     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019008     Document Type: Article

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