The association of age and semen quality in healthy men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 447-454

  Eskenazi, B ^a   Wyrobek, A J ^b   Sloter, E ^b,c   Kidd, S A ^a   Moore, L ^a   Young, S ^a   Moore, D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Semen volume; Sperm concentration; Sperm motility; Total sperm count

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DIET; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0037329422     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg107     Document Type: Article

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