The psychological impact of reproductive difficulties on women's lives

Sex Roles

Volumn 40, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 767-786

  Zucker, Alyssa N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGTERM EFFECTS; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS--WOMEN; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH--WOMEN; RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT; STUDIES; SURVEYS; TIME; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEALTH; LONGTERM EFFECTS; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS--WOMEN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH--WOMEN; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEYS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEALTH; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; RESEARCH; SAMPLING STUDIES; TIME; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0033237309     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018812819260     Document Type: Article

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