Volume 53 - Article 20 | Pages 611–628  

Socio-economic differences in ART treatment success: Evidence from Italy

By Marco Cozzani, Maria Elisabetta Coccia, Emilia Giusti, Sara Landini, Francesca Piazzini, Valentina Tocchioni, Daniele Vignoli

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