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Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 425-433

Balancing competing interests over frozen embryos: The judgment of Solomon?

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DONOR; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NOTE; PRIVACY; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33750461234     PISSN: 09670742     EISSN: 14643790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/medlaw/fwl015     Document Type: Note
Times cited : (9)

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