Decreased fertility in Britain compared with Finland

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9014, 1996, Pages 1519-1522

  Joffe, Michael ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029953911     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90673-X     Document Type: Article

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