Contraception
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7 , January 1996

The third age, the third world and the third millennium

  • Egon Diczfalusy

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    • Corresponding Author InformationName and address for correspondence: Egon Diczfalusy, M.D., Ronningevagen 21. S-14461 Ronninge, Sweden. Tel: 46 8 532 510 35: Fax: 46 8 532 507 51

Received 30 August 1995 ,Accepted 1 September 1995.

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 This article is based in part on material presented in a Plenary Lecture at the XVth Asian and Oceanic Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bali, Indonesia, October 15–20, 1995

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Contraception
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7 , January 1996