Sperm characteristics in fertile men and healthy men of the South-East Sicily from year 1982 to 1999

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-34

  Vicari, Enzo ^a   Conticello, Angela ^a   Battiato, Carmelo ^a   La Vignera, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertile men; Healthy men; South East Sicily; Sperm density and morphology

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FERTILITY; ITALY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICILY; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0037367385     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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