Asian immigrants to the United States are less likely to donate cryopreserved embryos for research use

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1672-1676

  Sharma, Harsha ^a   Johnstone, Erica B ^b,c   Gates, Elena ^a   Sohn, Sae H ^a   Huddleston, Heather G ^a   Fujimoto, Victor Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; embryo disposition; embryo donation; embryo research; human embryonic stem cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CRYOPRESERVATION; DONOR; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO DONATION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952988940     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.01.123     Document Type: Article

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