Turning point of age for semen quality: A population-based study in Chinese men

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 572-576

  Zhu, Qian Xi ^a   Meads, Catherine ^b   Lu, Min Li ^a   Wu, Jun Qing ^a   Zhou, Wei Jin ^a   Gao, Er Sheng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

progressive motility; Semen quality; semen volume; sperm concentration; sperm normal morphology; total sperm number; vitality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CELL VOLUME; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052270226     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.06.058     Document Type: Article

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