Quality of life and its correlatives among a group of infertile Iranian women

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Aliyeh, Ghasemzad ^a   Laya, Farzadi ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Infertility; Iran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTHOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; INFERTILITY; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; IRAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS;

EID: 34447136095     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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