Incidence of disorders of spermatogenesis in middle aged Finnish men, 1981-91: Two necropsy series

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7073, 1997, Pages 13-18

  Pajarinen, Jarkko ^a   Laippala, Pekka ^b   Penttila, Antti ^b   Karhunen, Pekkaj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SMOKING; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS;

EID: 0031036045     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7073.13     Document Type: Article

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