Secular trends in sperm variables for groups of men in fertile and infertile couples

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 332-335

  Ulstein, Magnar ^a   Irgens, Ågot ^a   Irgens, Lorentz M ^b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Infertility; Secular trends; Sperm variables

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032993969     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1999.780411.x     Document Type: Article

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