Thermal asymmetry of the human scrotum

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2178-2182

  Bengoudifa, B ^a   Mieusset, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Clothing; Genital asymmetry; Kinetics; Posture; Scrotal temperatures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DRIVER; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTUM; SITTING; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34547783284     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem133     Document Type: Article

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