Psychiatric morbidity in couples attending a fertility service

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1733-1736

  Guerra, Diana ^a,b   Llobera, Alba ^b   Veiga, Anna ^b   Barri, Pere N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Counselling; Infertility; IVF; Psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOSOMATICS;

EID: 0031805812     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.6.1733     Document Type: Article

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