Declining Worldwide Sperm Counts: Disproving a Myth

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-146

  Fisch, Harry ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 41949108833     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2008.01.001     Document Type: Review

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