Semen quality and reproductive hormones in Faroese men: A cross-sectional population-based study of 481 men

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Halling, Jónrit ^a   Petersen, Maria Skaalum Petersen ^a   Jørgensen, Niels ^b   Jensen, Tina Kold ^b,c   Grandjean, Philippe ^c,d   Weihe, Pál ^a  

^a FAROESE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (Faroe Islands)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c Institute of Public Health   (Denmark)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DANISH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FAROESE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATERNAL SMOKING; PHIMOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84877685515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001946     Document Type: Article

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