Trends in sex-ratio, testicular cancer and male reproductive hazards: Are they connected?

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 232-239

  Møller, Henrik ^a  

^a DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fertility; Infants; Paternity; Sex ratio; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORWAY; PATERNITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SWEDEN; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0031891411     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb01341.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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