Incidence and main causes of infertility in a resident population (1 850 000) of three french regions (1988-1989)

Human Reproduction

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 811-816

  Thonneau, Patrick ^a   Marchand, Sophie ^a,b   Tallec, Anne ^a,c   Ferial, Marie Laure ^a,d   Ducot, Béatrice ^a   Lansac, Jacques ^a,b   Lopes, Patrice ^a,e   Tabaste, Jean Marie ^a,d   Spira, Alfred ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c Regional de la Santé des Pays de Loire ^*  (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^e NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiological survey; Incidence; Infertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS SURGERY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025766021     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137433     Document Type: Article

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