Swedish sperm donors are driven by altruism, but shortage of sperm donors leads to reproductive travelling

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-314

  Ekerhovd, Erling ^a   Faurskov, Anders ^b   Werner, Charlotte ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Faurskov Fertility and Ultrasound   (Denmark)

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EID: 56749130733     PISSN: 03009734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/2000-1967-241     Document Type: Article

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