Semen quality, infertility and mortality in the USA

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1567-1574

  Eisenberg, Michael L ^a   Li, Shufeng ^a   Behr, Barry ^a   Cullen, Mark R ^a   Galusha, Deron ^b   Lamb, Dolores J ^c   Lipshultz, Larry I ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

fertility; male infertility; oligospermia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MALE INFERTILITY; MORTALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; AGE; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902651965     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu106     Document Type: Article

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