No secular trend over the last decade in sperm counts among Swedish men from the general population | Zendy

Jonatan Axelsson | Zendy; Lars Rylander | Zendy; Anna RignellHydbom | Zendy; A. Giwercman | Zendy

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No secular trend over the last decade in sperm counts among Swedish men from the general population

Author(s) -

Jonatan Axelsson,

Lars Rylander,

Anna RignellHydbom,

A. Giwercman

Publication year - 2011

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/der045

Subject(s) - sperm , demography , population , semen , incidence (geometry) , medicine , semen analysis , sperm bank , cohort , gynecology , fertility , testicular cancer , biology , cancer , infertility , andrology , pregnancy , physics , sociology , optics , genetics

Based on historical data, a decline in sperm counts during the years 1940-1990 has been suggested and aetiologically linked to a concomitant increase in the incidence of testicular cancer. This study, focusing on possible changes in sperm parameters among young Swedish men, during the past 10 years, was specifically designed in order to answer the question of whether there is a continuing decline in sperm counts.

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