To insure or not to insure: That is the question

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-26

  Frankfurter, David ^a,b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INSURANCE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0038721788     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00574-0     Document Type: Note

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