Exogenous influences on human fertility: Fluctuations in sperm parameters and results of in-vitro fertilization coincide with conceptions in the normal population

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2165-2171

  Ossenbuhn S ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fertility fluctuation; IVF results; Normal population; Seasonality; Sperm parameters

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NEWBORN; REPRODUCTION; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031717156     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.8.2165     Document Type: Article

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