Approaches to hormonal male contraception

Andrology: Male Reproductive Health and Dysfunction

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 577-587

  Nieschlag, Eberhard ^a   Behre, Hermann M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Center for Reproductive Medicine and Andrology of the University   (Germany)

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EID: 77956914909     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-78355-8_29     Document Type: Chapter

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