Fifteen years of Belgian experience with external quality assessment of semen analysis

Andrology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1084-1093

  Punjabi, Usha ^a   Wyns, C ^b   Mahmoud, A ^c   Vernelen, K ^d   China, B ^d   Verheyen, G ^e  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^e CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Quality control; Sperm concentration; Sperm morphology; Sperm motility; Sperm quality parameters

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; BELGIUM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; STANDARDS;

BELGIUM; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 84978387820     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/andr.12230     Document Type: Article

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