Ethnicity and assisted reproductive technologies

Clinical Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 651-658

  Armstrong, Alicia ^a   Plowden, Torie C ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Bayne Jones Army Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN; BIRTH RATE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC TUBERCULOSIS; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84870224966     PISSN: 20449038     EISSN: 20449046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/cpr.12.65     Document Type: Review

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