Recognizing endometriosis as a social disease: the European Union-encouraged Italian Senate approach

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1285-1287

  Bianconi, Laura ^a   Hummelshoj, Lone ^b,d   Coccia, Maria Elisabetta ^a,c   Vigano, Paola ^d   Vittori, Giorgio ^e   Veit, Jacqueline ^b,f   Music, Robert ^b   Tomassini, Antonio ^a   D'Hooghe, Thomas ^d  

^a XII Committee on Hygiene and Health in the XIV Parliament of the Italian Senate   (Italy)

^b European Endometriosis Alliance   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology ESHRE   (Belgium)

^e LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^f Associazione Italiana Endometriosi Onlus   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ITALY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AWARENESS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ITALY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 35648936998     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1324     Document Type: Editorial

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