The fertility problem inventory: Measuring perceived infertility- related stress

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-62

  Sherrard, Wendy ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Depression; Marital satisfaction; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MARRIAGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033169097     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00164-8     Document Type: Article

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