Is there really a decrease in sperm parameters among healthy young men? A survey of sperm donations during 15 years

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 347-353

  Benshushan, Abraham ^a   Shoshani, Orly ^a   Paltiel, Ora ^a   Schenker, Joseph G ^a   Lewin, Aby ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Geographic and time trend; Semen concentration; Semen morphology; Sperm volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; DONOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; ISRAEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0030811042     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765840     Document Type: Article

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