Flow cytometric sperm chromatin structure assay as an independent descriptor of human semen quality

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 28-30

  Spanò, Marcello ^a   Kolstad, Henrik ^b   Larsen, Solveig B ^b   Cordelli, Eugenia ^a   Leter, Giorgio ^a   Giwercman, Aleksander ^c   Bonde, Jens Peter E ^b  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chromatin condensation; Epidemiology; Flow cytometry; Human spermatozoa; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATIN; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032909043     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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