Decline in human fertility rates with male age: A consequence of a decrease in male fecundity with aging?

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 229-235

  Matorras, Roberto ^a,b   Matorras, Francisco ^c   Expósito, Antonia ^a   Martinez, Lorea ^d   Crisol, Lorena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b IVI Bilbao   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA DE CANTABRIA CSIC UC   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birth rate; Fertility, male age; Human fertility; Natural fertility; Sperm quality, demography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 79959324110     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319236     Document Type: Article

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