Environmental contaminants, female reproductive health and fertility

Environmental Impacts on Reproductive Health and Fertility

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 161-172

  Mendola, Pauline ^a   Buck Louis, Germaine M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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EID: 84855813445     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511674686.013     Document Type: Chapter

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