The long-term effects of the Holocaust on the reproductive function of female survivors

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-217

  Pasternak, Alfred ^a   Brooks, Philip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration camp survivors; Holocaust survivors; Reproductive changes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; GERMANY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRISON; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVOR; WAR;

ADULT; CONCENTRATION CAMPS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PRISONERS; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 33947241364     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2006.10.026     Document Type: Article

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