Multi-level modelling of conception in artificial insemination by donor

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1137-1156

  Ecochard, Rene ^a   Clayton, David G ^b  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; DONOR; FERTILITY; OVARY CYCLE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031919948     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19980530)17:10<1137::AID-SIM822>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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