Foreword to Semen Analysis in 21st Century Medicine special issue in Asian Journal of Andrology

作     者：David J. Handelsman Trevor G. Cooper 

作者机构：Reproductive Endocrinology ＆ Andrology ANZA C Research Institute Sydney Australia Andrology Laboratory Institute of Reproductive Medicine of the University Munster Germany 

出 版 物：《Asian Journal of Andrology》 (亚洲男性学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2010年第12卷第1期

页      面：7-10页

核心收录：

学科分类：050302[文学-传播学] 05[文学] 0905[农学-畜牧学] 09[农学] 090501[农学-动物遗传育种与繁殖] 0503[文学-新闻传播学] 

主　　题：no english key word 

摘      要：Semen analysis as an integral part of infertility investigations has a surprisingly long history, emerging only slowly, from under a cloud of disrepute and occupying a solitary niche outside conventional pathology tests, until relatively recently. From origins in the 19th century when spermatozoa were only identified as present or absent in cervical mucus samples from postcoital tests, even then a practice deemed ＂... dabbling incompatible with decency and self-respect...＂ （cited in [1]）.