Distress and reduced fertility: A follow-up study of first-pregnancy planners

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-53

  Bonde, Jens Peter E ^a   Andersson, Anna Maria ^b   Kolstad, Henrik A ^a   Giwercman, Aleksander ^b,c   Skakkebæk, Niels Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Early embryonal loss; Fecundability; General Health Questionnaire; Menstrual cycle; Reproduction; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMBRYO DEATH; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033168333     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00186-7     Document Type: Article

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