What variables predict generic and health-related quality of life in a sample of Brazilian women experiencing infertility?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1946-1952

  Chachamovich, J R ^a   Chachamovich, E ^b   Zachia, S ^a   Knauth, D ^b   Passos, E P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Infertility; Quality of life; SF 36; WHOQOL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; BRAZIL; CONSULTATION; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 34447328094     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem080     Document Type: Article

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