Prioritising for fertility treatments - The effect of excluding women with a high body mass index

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1218-1221

  Gillett, W R ^a   Putt, T ^a   Farquhar, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

BMI; Fertility; IVF; Obesity; Prioritisation

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE; GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OBESITY; REFUSAL TO TREAT; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748748876     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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