Sperm, human fertility and society

Sperm Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 565-597

  Pacey, Allan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-372568-4.00015-X     Document Type: Chapter

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