Semen analysis and external quality control schemes for semen analysis need global standardization.

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  International Journal of Andrology

• Publication date

  2002-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1046/J.1365-2605.2002.00370.XPMID 12270029
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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