Quality and risk management in the IVF laboratory, second edition

Quality and Risk Management in the IVF Laboratory, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-233

  Mortimer, Sharon T ^a   Mortimer, David ^a  

^a Oozoa Biomedical Inc   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139680936     Document Type: Book

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