Semen quality analysis and the idea of normal fertility

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-82

  Joffe, Michael ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fecundability; Fecundity; Fertility; Semen; Semen analysis; Subfecundity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; CALCULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN QUALITY PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MANUALS AS TOPIC; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 76349115605     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2009.3     Document Type: Review

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