Diurnal scrotal skin temperature and semen quality

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 309-318

  Hjollund, Niels Henrik I ^a,b,c   Bonde, Jens Peter E ^a,b,c   Jensen, Tina Kold ^a,b,c   Olsen, Jørn ^a,b,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Heat; Occupation; Pregnancy; Sedentary work; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCROTUM; SEMEN; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 0033806927     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2000.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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