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Despite the widespread availability of many highly effective methods of contraception, most scientists in the field of family planning agree that new methods of birth control are needed to meet the increasing demand for global population regulation. The development of immunological means of preventing or disrupting human fertility is one of several approaches to the acquisition of new antifertility methods.
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Stevens, V.C. (1984). Immunological methods of birth control. In: Harrison, R.F., Bonnar, J., Thompson, W. (eds) Fertility and Sterility. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1308-1_22
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