Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 745-761 , February 2010

Access to assisted reproductive technology centers in the United States

  • Ajay K. Nangia, M.B.B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Urology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ajay K. Nangia, M.B.B.S., F.A.C.S., Dept. of Urology, MS3016, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66160 (FAX: 913-588-7625).
    • ,
  • Donald S. Likosky, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire
    • The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and Community & Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire
    • ,
  • Dongmei Wang, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and Community & Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire

Received 9 July 2008 ,Revised 15 October 2008 ,Accepted 17 October 2008.

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 A.K.N. has nothing to disclose. D.S.L. has nothing to disclose. D.W. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by an academic grant, Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.

PII: S0015-0282(08)04267-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.037

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 745-761 , February 2010

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