Fertility in Norwegian women: Results from a population-based health survey

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-10

  Rostad, Berit ^a   Schei, Berit ^a   Sundby, Johanne ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; fertile women; involuntary and voluntary childlessness; predictors; prevalence; subfertility

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILDLESSNESS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENOPAUSE; NORWAY; NULLIPARA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 32144438289     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940510032383     Document Type: Article

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