Disparity in assisted reproductive technologies outcomes in black women compared with white women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1701-1710

  Seifer, David B ^a,b   Frazier, Linda M ^c,d   Grainger, David A ^c,d  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^d Dept of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; assisted reproductive techniques; black women; delivery of health care; ethnic groups; in vitro fertilization; Infertility; race; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; UTERUS DISEASE;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55249089975     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.08.024     Document Type: Article

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