Cassandra's prophecy: Education, education, education

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-24

  Norcross, Sarah ^a  

^a Progress Educational Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; infertility; IVF; NICE; oocyte donation; premenopause

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CLIMACTERIUM; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NIGHT SWEAT; OVARIAN RESERVE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

EID: 84879884025     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.03.019     Document Type: Note

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