The effect of women's occupational psychologic stress on outcome of fertility treatments

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-62

  Barzilai Pesach, Vered ^a   Sheiner, Einat K ^a   Sheiner, Eyal ^a   Potashnik, Gad ^a   Shoham Vardi, Ilana ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ISRAEL; OCCUPATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; RISK; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33644835196     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000183099.47127.e9     Document Type: Article

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