Circannual rhythm in the incidence of cryptorchidism in Finland

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-57

  Kaleva, Marko ^a   Virtanen, Helena E ^a   Haavisto, Anne Maarit ^a   Main, Katharina M ^b   Reunanen, Mikko ^a   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^b   Toppari, Jorma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Univ Dept of Growth and Repro   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Congenital malformation; Cryptorchidism; Environment; Seasonal variation; Testis; Urogenital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRYPTORCHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE;

EID: 13444281249     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2005.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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