Infertility in a community and clinic-based sample of couples in Moshi, northern Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-17

  Larsen, U ^a   Masenga, G ^b   Mlay, J ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c Mbeya Referral Hospital Tanzania   (Tanzania)

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EID: 33645921649     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v83i1.9355     Document Type: Article

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