Monitoring reproductive health in Europe: What are the best indicators?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1197-1199

  James, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coital rate; Dizygotic twinning rate; Fecundability; Semen quality; Sex ratio at birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COITUS; CONCEPTION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EUROPE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MONITORING; OVULATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX RATIO; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VOLUNTEER; ADULT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; POLLUTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; COITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SPERM COUNT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 34447103518     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem020     Document Type: Article

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