Secular and seasonal changes in semen quality among young Danish men: A statistical analysis of semen samples from 1927 donor candidates during 1977-1995

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-36

  Gyllenborg, J ^a   Skakkebaek N E ^a   Nielsen, N C ^b,c   Keiding, N ^d   Giwercman, A ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Sperm Analysis Laboratory   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Donor candidates; Seasonal variation; Secular trend; Semen quality; Sperm concentration

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENMARK; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 0032959329     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1999.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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