Longitudinal changes in semen parameters in young Danish men from the Copenhagen area

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 942-949

  Carlsen, Elisabeth ^a   Swan, Shanna H ^b   Petersen, Jørgen Holm ^a,c   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Age; Fever; Sperm

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LINEAR SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MEASUREMENT; SAMPLING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 18744384103     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh704     Document Type: Article

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