Freezing eggs for lifestyle reasons

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 32-35

  Savulescu, Julian ^a   Goold, Imogen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; ETHICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NOTE; OOCYTE; OVARIECTOMY;

CAREER CHOICE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIFE STYLE; OOCYTES; OVARIECTOMY;

EID: 50149101584     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160802248492     Document Type: Note

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