Evaluation of a large cohort of men presenting for a screening semen analysis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 595-597

  Acacio, Brian D ^a   Gottfried, Tamar ^a   Israel, Robert ^a   Sokol, Rebecca Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility work up; Male factor infertility; Semen analysis; Sperm concentration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033962649     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00591-9     Document Type: Article

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