Attitudes and motives of semen donors and non-donors

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2061-2066

  Lui, S C ^a,b   Weaver, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Fathers non donors; Semen donors; Students non donors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ATTITUDE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DONOR; FINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPERM;

EID: 0029841963     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019544     Document Type: Article

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