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Human Fertility

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 194-200

  Tomlinson, Mathew ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assisted conception; quality assurance; Semen analysis

Indexed keywords

ANDROLOGY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STAFF TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANDROLOGY; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649944516     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2010.535089     Document Type: Review

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