Racial and ethnic disparities in assisted reproductive technology outcomes in the United States

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 382-390

  Fujimoto, Victor Y ^a   Luke, Barbara ^b   Brown, Morton B ^c   Jain, Tarun ^d   Armstrong, Alicia ^e   Grainger, David A ^f   Hornstein, Mark D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ART outcomes; Asian; black; Ethnic disparities; growth restriction; Hispanic; IVF live birth rates; IVF outcomes; IVF pregnancy rates; prematurity; racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74449092898     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.061     Document Type: Article

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