Psychological Aspects of Infertility Due to Various Causes - Prospective Study

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-48

  Dhaliwal, L K ^a   Gupta, K R ^a   Gopalan, S ^a   Kulhara, P ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anovulation; Infertility; Male factor infertility; Psychological assessment; Tubal factor; Unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOVULATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542409984     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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