Why not donate sperm? A study of potential donors

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 313-319

  Emond, Michael ^a   Scheib, Joanna E ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor insemination; Motivation; Reproduction; Sperm donor

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ATTITUDE; BLOOD DONOR; DONOR; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; SPERMATOZOON; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BLOOD DONORS; DATA COLLECTION; FEES AND CHARGES; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MOTIVATION; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; SPERMATOZOA; STUDENTS; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0032148739     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(98)00028-2     Document Type: Article

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