Cultural similarities in psychological reactions to infertility

Psychological Reports

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 375-378

  Nasseri, Mariam ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034167192     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.86.2.375     Document Type: Article

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