Trends in semen parameters in the northeast of Scotland

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-319

  Sripada, Sreebala ^a   Fonseca, Sofia ^b   Lee, Amanda ^b   Harrild, Kirsten ^b   Giannaris, Dimitrios ^c   Mathers, Eileen ^a   Bhattacharya, Siladitya ^a  

^a ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fertility; Infertility; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SEMEN; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 33947229038     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.106.000729     Document Type: Article

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