Is the wrong question being asked in infertility research?

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-8

  Luke, Barbara ^a   Stern, Judy E ^b   Hornstein, Mark D ^c   Kotelchuck, Milton ^d   Diop, Hafsatou ^e   Cabral, Howard ^f   Declercq, Eugene R ^f  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse pregnancy outcomes; Assisted reproductive technology; Child health; Women s health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE FERTILITY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SUBFERTILITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADULT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFERTILITY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RESEARCH;

EID: 84955200877     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-015-0610-3     Document Type: Article

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