Estimation of the contribution of assisted and non-assisted reproductive technology fertility treatments to multiple births during the past 30 years in Japan: 1979-2008

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 476-483

  Ooki, Syuichi ^a  

^a ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL NURSING UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology (ART); Iatrogenic multiple births; Multiple births rate; non ART fertility treatment; Spontaneous multiple births

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; JAPAN; LIVE BIRTH; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053535462     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.14.5.476     Document Type: Article

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