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Chapter 8 - Optimizing Body Weight to Improve Reproductive Success

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

By
Kelton Tremellen
Edited by
Gab Kovacs  and
Robert Norman
Gab Kovacs
Affiliation:
Monash University, Victoria
Robert Norman
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide
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How to Improve Preconception Health to Maximize IVF Success , pp. 66 - 75
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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