A preliminary study of parental stress and child behaviour in families with twins conceived by in-vitro fertilization

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3244-3246

  Cook, Rachel ^a   Bradley, Sally ^b   Golombok, Susan ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child behaviour; In vitro fertilization; Parental stress; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; STRESS; TWINS;

EID: 0031750720     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.11.3244     Document Type: Article

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