"Just what the doctor ordered": Factors associated with oncology patients' decision to bank sperm

Journal of the Canadian Urological Association

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Yee, Samantha ^a,b   Fuller Thomson, Esme ^b   Dwyer, Catherine ^a   Greenblatt, Ellen ^a,c   Shapiro, Heather ^a,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84867916371     PISSN: 19116470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.10084     Document Type: Article

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