Seasonal variations of human sperm cells among 6455 semen samples: A plausible explanation of a seasonal birth pattern

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 208, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 406.e1-406.e6

  Levitas, Eliahu ^a   Lunenfeld, Eitan ^a   Weisz, Noemi ^a   Friger, Michael ^a   Har Vardi, Iris ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

seasonal birth pattern; seasonal sperm pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

EID: 84876677325     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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