Mental health of infertile women in Nigeria

Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Upkong, Dominic ^a   Orji, E O ^a  

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Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Infertility; Predictors; Psychiatric morbidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846004433     PISSN: 13002163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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