Temporal trends in human semen parameters in New England in the United States, 1989-2000

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 369-374

  Chen, Z ^a   Isaacson, K B ^a   Toth, T L ^a   Godfrey Bailey, L ^b   Schiff, I ^a   Hauser, R ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Semen parameters; Sperm count; Sperm morphology; Sperm motility; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANDROLOGY; BIRTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MEDICAL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UNITED STATES; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 79961195303     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0145010390219700     Document Type: Review

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