Decisions for the IVF laboratory: Comparative analysis of embryo culture incubators

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 535-547

  Swain, Jason E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Fertility Lab Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

benchtop; blastocyst; box; embryo; incubator; topload

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCUBATOR; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LABORATORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

GAS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DECISION MAKING; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GASES; HUMANS; INCUBATORS; LABORATORIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84899737167     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.01.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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