The importance of fertility treatment in the developing world

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1174-1176

  Aboulghar, Mohamed A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED REPRODUCTION; CHILDLESSNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INFERTILITY; MALE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE;

EID: 25144506707     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00705.x     Document Type: Note

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