Relationship between etiological factors and total motile sperm count in 350 infertile patients

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-210

  Martin Du Pan, R C ^a,b   Bischof, P ^a   Campana, A ^a   Morabia, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Andrological treatment; Environmental factors; Etiology; Male infertility; Sperm count; Total motile

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0030690368     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019708987917     Document Type: Article

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