Asian women are less likely to express interest in infertility research

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1249-1253

  Johnstone, Erica ^a   Sandler, Julia R ^a   Addauan Andersen, Carolyne ^a   Sohn, Sae H ^a   Fujimoto, Victor Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ART; ethnicity; infertility; Infertility research; IVF; race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERTILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SOCIAL CLASS; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION;

EID: 77956182589     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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