Has fertility declined in recent decades?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-135

  Olsen, Jørn ^a   Zhu, Jin Liang ^a   Ramlau Hansen, Cecilia H ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

fecundity; monitoring; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; SCANDINAVIA; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 79951559270     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2010.01005.x     Document Type: Article

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