Evidence for regional differences of semen quality among fertile French men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 740-745

  Auger, Jacques ^a,b   Jouannet, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Groupe Hospitalier Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Geographical differences; Human; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DONOR; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0030956796     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.4.740     Document Type: Article

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