Assisted Reproductive Technology-Related Multiple Births: Canada in an International Context

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-167

  Cook, Jocelynn L ^a   Collins, John ^b   Buckett, William ^c   Racowsky, Catherine ^d   Hughes, Edward ^b   Jarvi, Keith ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

International; Multiple births; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; CANADA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FINLAND; FUNDING; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RISK REDUCTION; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

CANADA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79960076305     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34803-4     Document Type: Article

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