Is semen quality related to the year of birth among Danish infertility clients?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1289-1297

  Zheng, Ye ^a   Bonde, Jens Peter E ^a,b   Ernst, Erik ^b   Mortensen, Jens TØlbøll ^c   Egense, Johan ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Klinisk Mikrobiologisk Afdeling   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; DENMARK; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031449158     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.6.1289     Document Type: Article

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