Effects of assisted reproductive technologies on human sex ratio at birth

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1321-1325

  Maalouf, Walid E ^a   Mincheva, Mina N ^a   Campbell, Bruce K ^a   Hardy, Ian C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ART births; embryo; gender bias; ICSI; IUI; IVF; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899975777     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.01.041     Document Type: Article

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