Semen quality of Asian men

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 185-193

  Iwamoto, Teruaki ^a,b   Nozawa, Shiari ^a   Yoshiike, Miki ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b International University of Health and Welfare   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Ethnic differences; Male reproductive function; Semen quality; Sperm concentration

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ASIAN; CHINESE; CONTRACEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIFESTYLE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MEN'S HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT;

EID: 35948964417     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0578.2007.00184.x     Document Type: Review

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