Semen parameters in fertile US men: The Study for Future Families

Andrology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 806-814

  Redmon, J B ^a   Thomas, W ^b   Ma, W ^b   Drobnis, E Z ^c   Sparks, A ^d   Wang, C ^e   Brazil, C ^f   Overstreet, J W ^f   Liu, F ^g   Swan, S H ^g   Carter, B S ^h   Kelly, D J ^h   Stewart, S L ^h   Simmons, T M ^h   Treece, C ⁱ   Tollner, C ⁱ   Swerdloff, R S ^e   Lumbreras, L ^e   Villanueva, S ^e   Diaz Romero, M ^e   Victoroff, A ^e   Sandoval, R ^e   Bravarian, S ^e   Leung, A ^e   Nelson, A L ^e   Hobel, C ^j   Brock, B ^j   Hatch, M ^g   Pfeiffer, M ^g   Quinones, L ^g   Polgar, K ^g   Brembridge, A ^g   Kwong, C ^a   Muehlen, A ^a   Perrier, T ^a   Srb, T ^a   Pryor, J ^a   DeJonge, C ^a   Swanson, M ^k   Grider, T ^k   Fisher, L ^k   Maifeld, M ^k   Whitham, J ^k   Wolf, A ^k   Sandlow, J ^k   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j Cedars Sinai Medical Center   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Sperm concentration; Sperm morphology; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NEGRO; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEMEN VOLUME; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SMOKING; SPERM; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

SPERM CONCENTRATION; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERM MOTILITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886420565     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2013.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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