Semen quality evaluation in a cohort of 28213 adult males from Sichuan area of south-west China

Andrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 842-847

  Jiang, M ^a   Chen, X ^b,c   Yue, H ^a   Xu, W ^d   Lin, L ^a   Wu, Y ^a   Liu, B ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; decline; semen analysis; semen quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; SEMEN VOLUME; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 85007246615     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12168     Document Type: Article

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