Health seeking behavior of couples with secondary infertility

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 261-264

  Sami, Neelofar ^a   Ali, Tazeen Saeed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Couples; Determinants; Health seeking behavior; Secondary infertility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33745312059     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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