Decline in sperm count and motility in young adult men from 2003 to 2013: Observations from a U.S. sperm bank

Andrology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 270-276

  Centola, G M ^a   Blanchard, A ^a   Demick, J ^a   Li, S ^b   Eisenberg, M L ^b  

^a New England Cryogenic Center   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Semen analysis; Sperm count; Sperm motility; Sperm quality parameters

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; GROUPS BY AGE; HABIT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN VOLUME; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SMOKING; SPERM DONOR; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; SPERM BANK;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM BANKS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959455035     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/andr.12149     Document Type: Article

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