Decline in semen quality of North African men: a retrospective study of 20,958 sperm analyses of men from different North African countries tested in Tunisia over a period of 6 years (2013

Decline in semen quality of North African men: a retrospective study of 20,958 sperm analyses of men from different North African countries tested in Tunisia over a period of 6 years (2013–2018)

Published:2021-05-19 Issue:4 Volume:48 Page:350-359
ISSN:0301-4460
Container-title:Annals of Human Biology
language:en
Short-container-title:Annals of Human Biology

Author:

Bahri Hatem¹,Ben Khalifa Mustapha²³,Ben Rhouma Maroua³,Abidi Zied¹,Abbassi Emna¹,Ben Rhouma Khémais³,Benkhalifa Moncef⁴⁵

Affiliation:

1. HB Clinical Laboratory for Medical Analyses, Tunis, Tunisia

2. Research laboratory LR99ES11, Department of Biochemistry, La Rabta Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

3. Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Faculty of Science of Bizerte, University of Carthage, Tunisia

4. Reproductive Medicine, Reproductive Biology & Genetics, University Hospital & School of Medicine Jules Verne, Amiens, France

5. Peritox Laboratory, CURS, Picardie University Jules Verne, Amiens, France

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Genetics,Ageing,Physiology,Epidemiology

Link

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03014460.2021.1957501

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