African experience with sperm morphology training courses

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 114-119

  Franken, Daniel R ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Quality control; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSTETRICS; QUALITY CONTROL; READING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SKILL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRAINING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0038825047     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61739-7     Document Type: Article

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