Fertility and semen quality of workers exposed to high temperatures in the ceramics industry.

@article{Figatalamanca1992FertilityAS,
  title={Fertility and semen quality of workers exposed to high temperatures in the ceramics industry.},
  author={I Figa-talamanca and Valerio Dell’Orco and Angelo Pupi and Franco Dondero and Loredana Gandini and Andrea Lenzi and Francesco Lombardo and Patrizia Scavalli and G. Mancini},
  journal={Reproductive toxicology},
  year={1992},
  volume={6 6},
  pages={
          517-23
        }
}
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