Open AccessYear of birth and sperm count in 10 Danish occupational studies
Author(s) -
JP Bonde,
Kold Jensen T,
Brixen Larsen S,
Annette Abell,
Thomas Scheike,
Hjøllund Nh,
Henrik A Kolstad,
Erik Ernst,
A. Giwercman,
Skakkebæk Ne,
Niels Keiding,
Jørn Olsen
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.362
Subject(s) - sperm , fertility , demography , population , medicine , biology , andrology , sociology
Several reports indicate a secular decline of human sperm counts. It is still not known if these findings are artifacts related to shortcomings in the data and applied methodologies. Even less is known about possible mechanisms, but it has been proposed that potential changes may be related to disruption of the hormonal regulation of testicular development in prenatal life. The objective of this study was to examine whether sperm count was related to year of birth.