Decline of semen quality among Chinese sperm bank donors within 7 years (2008-2014)

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wang, Li ^a,b,c,d   Zhang, Lin ^b,c,d   Song, Xiao Hui ^b,c,d   Zhang, Hao Bo ^b,c,d   Xu, Cheng Yan ^a,b,c,d   Chen, Zi Jiang ^a,b,c,d  

^a SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine   (China)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE GENETICS   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Semen quality; Sperm donation

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIQUEFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM BANK; SPERM DONOR; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VISCOSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011920543     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.179533     Document Type: Article

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