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Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Fertility “Tourism”: Examples from Global Dubai and the Ivy League

Marcia C. Inhorn PhD, MPH Department of Anthropology and The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pankaj Shrivastav Conceive, the Gynaecology and Fertility Hospital, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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Pasquale Patrizio Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale Fertility Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Pages 249-265 | Published online: 27 Apr 2012

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