Reproductive parameters in young men living in Rochester, New York

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1064-1071

  Mendiola, Jaime ^a   Jørgensen, Niels ^b   Andersson, Anna Maria ^b   Stahlhut, Richard W ^c   Liu, Fan ^c,d   Swan, Shanna H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Andrology; male factor; reproductive hormones; semen quality; United States

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; EUROPE; FINLAND; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS; UNITED STATES; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

ANDROLOGY; MALE FACTOR; REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES; SEMEN QUALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; DENMARK; FINLAND; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; NEW YORK; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897396867     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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