Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 988-997 , April 2009

Predictors of pregnancy and discontinuation of infertility services among women who received medical help to become pregnant, National Survey of Family Growth, 2002

Received 7 December 2007 ,Revised 11 January 2008 ,Accepted 14 January 2008.

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 The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00152-0

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.057

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 988-997 , April 2009

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