A meta-analysis of 61 sperm count studies revisited

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1103-1108

  Becker, Stan ^a   Berhane, Kiros ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mean sperm counts; Meta analysis; Statistical modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0030961755     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81446-X     Document Type: Article

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