Are volunteers delivering semen samples in fertility studies a biased population?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2831-2837

  Eustache, F ^a   Auger, J ^a   Cabrol, D ^a   Jouannet, Pierre ^a  

^a Université Paris V ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Fertile men; Recruitment bias; Spermatozoa; TTP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 11144297761     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh503     Document Type: Article

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