The establishment of sperm morphology satellite training laboratories in Africa

Andrologia

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 57-60

  Franken, D R ^a   Dada, O A ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Human; Quality control; Sperm morphology; Training

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; STAFF TRAINING; CYTOLOGY; EDUCATION; LABORATORY; MALE; NIGERIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; NIGERIA; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 25444497794     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2005.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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