Does a surgical career affect a woman's childbearing and fertility? A report on pregnancy and fertility trends among female surgeons

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 219, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 944-950

  Phillips, Elizabeth A ^a   Nimeh, Tony ^b   Braga, Julie ^c   Lerner, Lori B ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Dartmouth Hitchcock Medicel Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE;

ADULT; ANOVULATION; CAREER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOOT SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE INFERTILITY; MATERNAL AGE; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OVARY CANCER; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURGICAL CAREER; UROLOGIC SURGERY; UROLOGIST; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; UTERUS MALFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SURGEONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908309188     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.07.936     Document Type: Conference Paper

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