Relationship between seminal plasma zinc and semen quality in a subfertile population

Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 124-128

  Dissanayake, D M A B ^a   Wijesinghe, P ^a   Ratnasooriya, W ^b   Wimalasena, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Semen parameters; subfertility; zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; EJACULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PH; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 78650674684     PISSN: 09741208     EISSN: 19984766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-1208.74153     Document Type: Article

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