Use of the internet by infertile couples.

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Published in Fertil Steril on June 01, 2000

Authors

A Weissman1, L Gotlieb, S Ward, E Greenblatt, R F Casper

Author Affiliations

1: The Toronto Hospital and Toronto Centre for Advanced Reproductive Technology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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