Emotional distress of infertile women in Japan

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 966-969

  Matsubayashi, Hidehiko ^a   Hosaka, Takashi ^a   Izumi, Shun Ichiro ^a   Suzuki, Takahiro ^a   Makino, Tsunehisa ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distress; Emotion; Infertility; Japan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TENSION; WORK;

EID: 0035022642     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.5.966     Document Type: Article

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