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Volume 15, Issue 2 (March 2013) 15, 162–164; 10.1038/aja.2012.142
Finland is following the trend-sperm quality in Finnish men
Helena E Virtanen, Sergey Sadov, Matti Vierula and Jorma Toppari
Departments of Physiology and Paediatrics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Correspondence: Dr J Toppari, (jorma.toppari@utu.fi)
Received 3 October 2012; Revised 12 November 2012; Accepted 13 November 2012 Advance online publication 14 January 2013
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Finnish men have had a reputation for good semen quality. This was based on semen studies comparing Finnish men with other Europeans. However, those studies also showed that sperm concentrations of young men from the general population were only two-thirds of those of fertile men. Longitudinal follow-up of semen quality in young Finnish men showed a significant decline during 1998–2006, suggesting that Finland is following the global trend of impaired male reproductive health.
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