Testicular function in a birth cohort of young men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2713-2724

  Hart, R J ^a,b   Doherty, D A ^a,c   McLachlan, R I ^d   Walls, M L ^a,b   Keelan, J A ^a,c   DIckinson, J E ^a,c   Skakkebaek, N E ^e   Norman, R J ^f   Handelsman, D J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Bethesda Hospital   (Australia)

^c KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Andrology; DHT; Estradiol; Inhibin B; Male fertility; Raine study; Sperm; Testis volume; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FOLLITROPIN; ILLICIT DRUG; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; INHIBIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYPTORCHISM; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HERNIORRHAPHY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; OBESITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPERMATOCELE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; FERTILITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; CRYPTORCHIDISM; ESTRADIOL; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983138469     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev244     Document Type: Article

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