Rachel's ladders or how societal situation determines reproductive therapy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1162-1167

  Nisker, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORALITY; OOCYTE DONATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

EID: 0030055154     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019347     Document Type: Review

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