Impact of infertility on quality of life, marital adjustment, and sexual function

Urology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 126-130

  Monga, Manoj ^a   Alexandrescu, Bogdan ^b   Katz, Seth E ^b   Stein, Murray ^b   Ganiats, Theodore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EMOTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFERTILITY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0742324550     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2003.09.015     Document Type: Article

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