Fertility preservation as a public health issue: An epidemiological perspective

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 143-150

  Murk, William ^a   Seli, Emre ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; cryopreservation; epidemiology; fertility preservation; systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY PRESERVATION SERVICE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 79955957095     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e3283455270     Document Type: Review

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