RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Seasonal variations in cryptorchidism.
JF Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
JO J Epidemiol Community Health
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 210
OP 213
DO 10.1136/jech.40.3.210
VO 40
IS 3
A1 Jackson, M B
A1 Swerdlow, A J
YR 1986
UL http://jech.bmj.com/content/40/3/210.abstract
AB The month of birth of boys undergoing orchidopexy in the Oxfordshire Health District during the years 1974-83 was analysed. A significant seasonal variation with a peak in April was found for those boys operated upon by paediatric surgeons at a young age (0-4). Possible causes of this variation and its relationship to the aetiology of cryptorchidism are discussed.