An update on semen quality among young Finnish men and comparison with Danish data

Finnish men used to have higher semen quality than Danish men. However, recent studies showed that semen quality in Finland has declined, but it has been relatively stable in Denmark.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Andrology

• Publication date

  2018-09-24

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/andr.12550PMID 30251363PMCID 6519379
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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