Recent adverse trends in semen quality and testis cancer incidence among Finnish men

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 34, Issue 4 PART 2, 2011, Pages

  Jorgensen N ^a   Vierula, M ^b   Jacobsen, R ^c   Pukkala, E ^d   Perheentupa, A ^b   Virtanen, H E ^b   Skakkebaek N E ^a   Toppari, J ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birth cohort effects; Finland; General population; Semen quality; Sperm; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FINLAND; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79960875439     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2010.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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