East-West gradient in semen quality in the Nordic-Baltic area: a study of men from the general population in Denmark, Norway, Estonia and Finland | Zendy

Niels Jørgensen | Zendy

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East-West gradient in semen quality in the Nordic-Baltic area: a study of men from the general population in Denmark, Norway, Estonia and Finland

Author(s) -

Niels Jørgensen

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/17.8.2199

Subject(s) - danish , demography , estonian , norwegian , semen quality , sperm , population , incidence (geometry) , semen , fertility , gynecology , semen analysis , medicine , biology , infertility , andrology , pregnancy , philosophy , linguistics , physics , sociology , optics , genetics

Denmark and Norway have a three-fold higher incidence of testicular cancer than Estonia and Finland. Groups of young men from Denmark, Norway, Finland and Estonia were investigated to elucidate whether semen parameters and other related parameters follow a gradient between these countries, as does the gradient in incidence of testicular cancer.

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