Public understandings of science: British South Asian men's perceptions of third party assisted conception

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 79-86

  Culley, Lorraine ^a   Hudson, Nicky ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gamete donation; New reproductive technologies; South Asian; Third party assisted conception

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959610536     PISSN: 18331882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1833-1882/CGP/v02i04/52374     Document Type: Review

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