Comparison of selected sperm parameters between 6,278 males in poland and ukraine

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 174-181

  Wdowiak, Artur ^a   Wdowiak, Anita ^a   Moroz, Elena ^b   Bojar, Iwona ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b Medical Center Intersono   (Ukraine)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Decline; Poland; Semen quality; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; POLAND; POLISH CITIZEN; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UKRAINIAN (CITIZEN); ADULT; MALE INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; UKRAINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; UKRAINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960954245     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5604/12321966.1196876     Document Type: Article

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