Evaluation of semen quality in 1808 university students, from Wuhan, Central China

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-116

  Rao, Meng ^a   Meng, Tian Qing ^a,b   Hu, Si Heng ^a,b   Guan, Huang Tao ^a,b   Wei, Qin Yu ^a   Xia, Wei ^a,b   Zhu, Chang Hong ^a   Xiong, Cheng Liang ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Reproductive Medicine Center Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology ^*  (China)

Author keywords

semen analysis; semen quality; sperm donors; university students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM DONOR; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; DONOR; EVALUATION STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CHINA; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; STUDENTS; TISSUE DONORS; UNIVERSITIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84920490743     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.135984     Document Type: Article

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