East-West gradient in semen quality in the Nordic-Baltic area: a study of men from the general population in Denmark, Norway, Estonia and Finland

Niels Jørgensen; Elisabeth Carlsen; Ingrid Nermoen; Margus Punab; Jyrki Suominen; Anne-Grethe  Andersen; Anna-Maria Andersson; Trine B Haugen; Antero Horte; Tina Kold Jensen; Øystein Magnus; Jørgen Holm Petersen; Matti Vierula; Jorma Toppari; Niels E Skakkebaek

East-West gradient in semen quality in the Nordic-Baltic area: a study of men from the general population in Denmark, Norway, Estonia and Finland

Niels Jørgensen, Elisabeth Carlsen, Ingrid Nermoen, Margus Punab, Jyrki Suominen, Anne-Grethe Andersen , Anna-Maria Andersson, Trine B Haugen, Antero Horte, Tina Kold Jensen, Øystein Magnus, Jørgen Holm Petersen, Matti Vierula, Jorma Toppari, Niels E Skakkebaek

Department of Growth and Reproduction

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Abstract

Denmark and Norway have a three-fold higher incidence of testicular cancer than Estonia and Finland. Groups of young men from Denmark, Norway, Finland and Estonia were investigated to elucidate whether semen parameters and other related parameters follow a gradient between these countries, as does the gradient in incidence of testicular cancer.

Original language	English
Journal	Human Reproduction
Volume	17
Issue number	8
Pages (from-to)	2199-208
Number of pages	10
ISSN	0268-1161
Publication status	Published - Aug 2002

Keywords

Adult
Demography
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Humans
Inhibins
Male
Norway
Semen
Sperm Count

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Jørgensen, N., Carlsen, E., Nermoen, I., Punab, M., Suominen, J., Andersen , A.-G., Andersson, A.-M., Haugen, T. B., Horte, A., Jensen, T. K., Magnus, Ø., Petersen, J. H., Vierula, M., Toppari, J., & Skakkebaek, N. E. (2002). East-West gradient in semen quality in the Nordic-Baltic area: a study of men from the general population in Denmark, Norway, Estonia and Finland. Human Reproduction, 17(8), 2199-208.

Jørgensen, N , Carlsen, E, Nermoen, I, Punab, M, Suominen, J, Andersen , A-G, Andersson, A-M, Haugen, TB, Horte, A, Jensen, TK, Magnus, Ø, Petersen, JH, Vierula, M, Toppari, J & Skakkebaek, NE 2002, 'East-West gradient in semen quality in the Nordic-Baltic area: a study of men from the general population in Denmark, Norway, Estonia and Finland', Human Reproduction, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 2199-208.

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East-West gradient in semen quality in the Nordic-Baltic area: a study of men from the general population in Denmark, Norway, Estonia and Finland

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