Sperm quality in New Zealand: Is the downward trend continuing?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 1423, 2015, Pages 50-56

  Birdsall, Mary A ^a   Peek, John C ^b   Valiapan, Sumithra D ^a  

^a Fertility Associates   (New Zealand)

^b Science Fertility Associates   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NEW ZEALANDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM DONOR; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ADULT; DONOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TRENDS;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84961762832     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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