Endocrine disruptors and male infertility

Endocrine Disruptors: Effects on Male and Female Reproductive Systems, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 291-312

  Sikka, Suresh C ^a   Kendirci, Muammer ^a   Naz, Rajesh ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

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