Patterns of globalized reproduction: Egg cells regulation in Israel and Austria

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Shalev, Carmel ^a   Werner Felmayer, Gabriele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; ISRAEL; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL TOURISM; OOCYTE; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; SPERM DONOR; STEM CELL RESEARCH; UNRELATED DONORS;

EID: 84879696929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20454015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-4015-1-15     Document Type: Article

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