The Parkes lecture. Heat and the testis

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-194

  Setchell, Brian P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CRYPTORCHISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEAT; HISTOLOGY; IMMERSION; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCROTUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032408041     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1140179     Document Type: Review

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