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Has Fecundability been Declining in Recent Years in Developed Countries?

A Comment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Douglas G. Sloan
Douglas G. Sloan
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Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , January 1983 , pp. 111 - 113
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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