The Substance of Sperm

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The Substance of Sperm. / Wahlberg, Ayo.

A Companion to the Anthropology of Reproductive Medicine and Technology. ed. / Cecilia Coale Van Hollen; Nayantara Appleton. London : Wiley, 2023. p. 317-331.

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Harvard

Wahlberg, A 2023, The Substance of Sperm. in CC Van Hollen & N Appleton (eds), A Companion to the Anthropology of Reproductive Medicine and Technology. Wiley, London, pp. 317-331. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119845379.ch18

APA

Wahlberg, A. (2023). The Substance of Sperm. In C. C. Van Hollen, & N. Appleton (Eds.), A Companion to the Anthropology of Reproductive Medicine and Technology (pp. 317-331). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119845379.ch18

Vancouver

Wahlberg A. The Substance of Sperm. In Van Hollen CC, Appleton N, editors, A Companion to the Anthropology of Reproductive Medicine and Technology. London: Wiley. 2023. p. 317-331 https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119845379.ch18

Author

Wahlberg, Ayo. / The Substance of Sperm. A Companion to the Anthropology of Reproductive Medicine and Technology. editor / Cecilia Coale Van Hollen ; Nayantara Appleton. London : Wiley, 2023. pp. 317-331

Bibtex

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