Semen quality over a 10-year period in 22,249 men in Korea

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 194-198

  Seo, Ju Tae ^b   Rha, Koon Ho ^a   Park, Yong Seog ^c   Lee, Moo Sang ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Korean; Males; Secular trend; Sperm concentration; Sperm motility; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; KOREA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033926055     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2000.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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