Fertility awareness, intentions concerning childbearing, and attitudes towards parenthood among female and male academics

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 558-564

  Lampic, Claudia ^a   Svanberg, A Skoog ^b   Karlstrom P ^b   Tyden T ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Fertility; Parenting; Universities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATION; PARENTHOOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 31544444695     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei367     Document Type: Article

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