Pharmacological approaches to male contraception

Andrology: Male Reproductive Health and Dysfunction

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 589-599

  Cooper, Trevor G ^a   Yeung, Ching Hei ^a  

^a INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

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EID: 84892234293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-78355-8_30     Document Type: Chapter

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