Reproductive health in males with cystic fibrosis: Knowledge, attitudes, and experiences of patients and parents

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 226-230

  Sawyer, Susan M ^a,c   Tully, Mary Alice M ^b   Dovey, Mark E ^b   Colin, Andrew A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Infertility; Males; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, MALE; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; ATTITUDE--MEN; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASES--MEN; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EMOTIONS--MEN; HEALTH; INFERTILITY--MEN; KNOWLEDGE--MEN; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH--MEN; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EJACULATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN;

EID: 0031901711     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199804)25:4<226::AID-PPUL2>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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