Association between seminal plasma zinc level and asthenozoospermia: a meta-analysis study

Andrologia

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 646-653

  Taravati, A ^a   Tohidi, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asthenozoospermia; male infertility; meta analysis; zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EFFECT SIZE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84977510254     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12494     Document Type: Article

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