Impact of 'non-physician factors' on the 'physician factor' of in vitro fertilization success: Is it the broth, the cooks, or the statistics?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 998-1000

  Lu, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMBRYO INDUCTION; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INFERTILITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033151667     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00135-1     Document Type: Editorial

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