Arab Americans, African Americans, and infertility: Barriers to reproduction and medical care

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 844-852

  Inhorn, Marcia C ^a   Fakih, Michael Hassan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IVF Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Arab Americans; Assisted reproductive technologies; Health care access; Health disparities; Infertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARAB; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL CARE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 33645401738     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.10.029     Document Type: Article

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