Male factor infertility: Declining sperm counts-the never-ending story

Jens Peter Bonde; Egbert Te Velde

doi:10.1038/nrurol.2017.153

Male factor infertility: Declining sperm counts-the never-ending story

Jens Peter Bonde^*, Egbert Te Velde

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Department of Public Health

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Abstract

A recent systematic review on worldwide declining trends in sperm counts has fuelled alarming reports in national and international news media. However, methodological issues exist with data gathering and analysis precluding any conclusion and no solid data exist to indicate increasing frequency of couple infertility during past decades.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature Reviews Urology
Volume	14
Pages (from-to)	645-646
Number of pages	2
ISSN	1759-4812
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2017.153
Publication status	Published - 2017

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