Infertility treatment and multiple birth rates in Britain, 1938-94

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-243

  Murphy, M ^a   Hey, K ^b   Brown, J ^b   Willis, B ^c,d   Ellis, J D ^c   Barlow, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Director of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; CYCLOFENIL; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERTILITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRESCRIPTION; SUBFERTILITY; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRTH RATES; FERTILITY RATES; INFERTILITY TREATMENT; MULTIPLE BIRTHS;

UK;

EID: 0030613720     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932097002356     Document Type: Article

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