Stress and anxiety in infertile women;Estresse e ansiedade em mulheres inférteis

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetricia

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 358-364

  Moreira, Simone Da Nóbrega Tomaz ^a,c   Melo, Carmen Oliveira Medeiros ^a   Tomaz, Geraldez ^a,b   De Azevedo, George Dantas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Infertility, female psychology; Questionnaires; Reproduction; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750282585     PISSN: 01007203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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