Epidemiology of infertility: Social problems of the infertile couples

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 190-196

  Araoye, Margaret O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Couples; Infertility; Nigeria; Social impact; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOPTION; ADULT; AFRICA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NIGERIA; PATIENT COUNSELING; POLYGYNY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERPERAL INFECTION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRESS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; COUNSELING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIVORCE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 0142028116     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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