IVF in the US: Multiple gestation, economic competition, and the necessity of excess

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1614-1616

  Faber, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030884224     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019598     Document Type: Short Survey

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