Temporal changes in testis weight during the past 50 years in Japan

Anatomical science international / Japanese Association of Anatomists

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-116

  Mori, Chisato ^a,b   Hamamatsu, Akihiko ^c   Fukata, Hideki ^a   Koh, Kyu Bom ^a   Nakamura, Noriko ^d   Takeichi, Sanae ^e   Kusakabe, Takahiko ^e   Saito, Takeshi ^e   Morita, Masatoshi ^f   Tanihara, Shinichi ^g   Kayama, Fujio ^b,g   Shiyomi, Masae ^h   Yoshimura, Jin ^i,j   Sagisaka, Kaoru ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^g JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036615331     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-7722.2002.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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