Experience with external quality control in spermatology

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 765-769

  Cooper, T G ^a,b   Atkinson, A D ^a   Nieschlag, E ^a  

^a INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andrology; Quality control; Ring trials; Semen analysis; Spermatology

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0033031511     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.3.765     Document Type: Article

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