Infertility and the seeking of infertility treatment in a representative study population;Infertilitet og behandling i en repræsentativ population

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 159, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1602-1606

  Schmidt, Lone ^a   Münster, Kirstine Rugholm ^a   Helm, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031562342     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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