Declining sperm quality in New Zealand over 20 years

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1287, 2008, Pages 50-56

  Shine, Rebecca ^a   Peek, John ^b   Birdsall, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Ascot Integrated Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; FERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 58849131849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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