Claims for fertility interventions: A systematic assessment of statements on UK fertility centre websites

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Spencer, E A ^a   Mahtani, K R ^a   Goldacre, B ^a   Heneghan, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; INFERTILITY; INTERNET; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERNET; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84999648324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013940     Document Type: Article

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