Emotional distress and infertility: Turkish migrant couples compared to Dutch couples and couples in Western Turkey

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-95

  Van Rooij, Floor B ^a,b   Van Balen, Frank ^a   Hermanns, Jo M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childlessness; Cultural differences; Emotional distress; Infertility; Migrants; Turkish culture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TURKEY;

EID: 34249775512     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01674820701410015     Document Type: Article

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