Taking the lab to the field: Monitoring reproductive hormones in population research

Population and Development Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 525-542

  Valeggia, Claudia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 34548535064     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2007.00183.x     Document Type: Note

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