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Human Fertility
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Volume 26, 2023 - Issue 1
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Original Articles

Investigation of motivations for depositing sperm during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Pages 139-145 | Received 19 Jan 2022, Accepted 06 May 2022, Published online: 18 Nov 2022

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