Declining semen quality: Can the past inform the present?

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 614-621

  Swan, Shanna H ^a   Elkin, Eric P ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033165924     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199907)21:7<614::AID-BIES10>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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