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Making contraceptive methods available to men is one of the tasks of andrology. Such methods are necessary both to maintain stable populations in industrial nations, as well as to diminish population growth in developing countries (see Chap. 17).
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Nieschlag, E., Behre, H.M., Engelmann, U., Schwarzer, U. (2001). Male Contribution to Contraception. In: Nieschlag, E., Behre, H.M. (eds) Andrology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04491-9_20
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