A public health focus on infertility prevention, detection, and management

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16.e1-16.e10

  Macaluso, Maurizio ^a   Wright Schnapp, Tracie J ^a   Chandra, Anjani ^b   Johnson, Robert ^c   Satterwhite, Catherine L ^c   Pulver, Amy ^c   Berman, Stuart M ^c   Wang, Richard Y ^d   Farr, Sherry L ^a   Pollack, Lori A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse effects; epidemiology; etiology; health promotion; infertility treatment; pregnancy; public policy; Reproduction; reproductive medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCREENING; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73049102913     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.046     Document Type: Article

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