A special path to parenthood: parent-child relationships in families giving birth to singleton infants through IVF

Reproductive biomedicine online

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 179-186

  McMahon, Catherine ^a   Gibson, Frances ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGING; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0036718279     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61622-7     Document Type: Article

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