What constitutes a normal seminal analysis? Semen parameters of 243 fertile men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3394-3398

  Chia, S E ^a   Tay, S K ^b   Lim, S T ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Normal morphology; Semen parameters; WHO norm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032408564     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.12.3394     Document Type: Article

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