The sixth vital sign: what reproduction tells us about overall health. Proceedings from a NICHD/CDC workshop
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Marcelle I. Cedars, Susan E. Taymans, Louis V. DePaolo, LeeWarner, Stuart B. Moss, and Michael L. Eisenberg* Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA Fertility and Infertility Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Department of Urology, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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