Is human fecundity declining?

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Published in Int J Androl on February 01, 2006

Authors

Niels E Skakkebaek1, Niels Jørgensen, Katharina M Main, Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts, Henrik Leffers, Anna-Maria Andersson, Anders Juul, Elisabeth Carlsen, Gerda Krog Mortensen, Tina Kold Jensen, Jorma Toppari

Author Affiliations

1: University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. nes@rh.dk

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