Distribution of male infertility specialists in relation to the male population and assisted reproductive technology centers in the United States

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 599-609

  Nangia, Ajay K ^a   Likosky, Donald S ^b,c   Wang, Dongmei ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

ART centers; Male infertility; service areas; urology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953812713     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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