Impact of a deep saturation dive on semen quality

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 116-120

  Aitken, R J ^c   Buckingham, D ^b   Richardson, D ^b   Gardiner, J C ^a   Irvine, D S ^b  

^a National Hyperbaric Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hyperbaric conditions; Male fertility; Saturation dive; Sperm function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIVING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERBARISM; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; TIME;

DIVING; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0034081553     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2000.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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