Prevalences of oligozoospermia and azoospermia in male partners of infertile couples from different parts of India

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-93

  Mehta, Rajvi H ^a   Makwana, Sanjay ^b   Ranga, Geetha M ^c   Srinivasan, R J ^d   Virk, S S ^e  

^a Hope Infertility Clinic and Research Foundation   (India)

^b Fertility Research Centre   (India)

^c Karthekeya Medical Research and Diagnostic Center   (India)

^d Dr Tilak's Laboratory   (India)

^e Centre for Human Reproduction   (India)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Oligospermia; Prevalence studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREVALENCE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

COTTONSEED OIL; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PESTICIDES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 30444443595     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2006.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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