Solo mothers and their donor insemination infants: Follow-up at age 2 years

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1655-1660

  Murray, C ^a   Golombok, S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child development; Donor insemination; Parenting; Solo mother

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTHOOD; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STANDARDIZATION; WELLBEING;

EID: 20744444748     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh823     Document Type: Article

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