Canadian semen quality: An analysis of sperm density among eleven academic fertility centers

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 76-80

  Younglai, Edward V ^a,b,c   Collins, John A ^a   Foster, Warren G ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Environmental Health Centre Ottawa   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Linear regression; Regional differences; Sperm density

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY;

CANADA; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 0032125496     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00118-6     Document Type: Article

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