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Volume 49, 2003 - Issue 5
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TEMPORAL TRENDS IN HUMAN SEMEN PARAMETERS IN NEW ENGLAND IN THE UNITED STATES, 1989-2000

Z. CHEN Vincent Memorial Obstetrics and Gynecology Service, Andrology Laboratory and In Vitro Fertilization Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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K. B. ISAACSON Vincent Memorial Obstetrics and Gynecology Service, Andrology Laboratory and In Vitro Fertilization Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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T. L. TOTH Vincent Memorial Obstetrics and Gynecology Service, Andrology Laboratory and In Vitro Fertilization Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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L. GODFREY-BAILEY Environmental Health Department, Occupational Health Program, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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I. SCHIFF Vincent Memorial Obstetrics and Gynecology Service, Andrology Laboratory and In Vitro Fertilization Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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R. HAUSER Vincent Memorial Obstetrics and Gynecology Service, Andrology Laboratory and In Vitro Fertilization Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pages 369-374 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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