Predicting anonymous egg donor satisfaction: A preliminary study

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-237

  Klock, Susan Caruso ^a   Braverman, Andrea Mechanick ^b   Rausch, Deidra Taylor ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Indianapolis Fertility Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MARRIAGE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OOCYTE DONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL CRIME;

EID: 34447343854     PISSN: 10597115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1998.7.229     Document Type: Article

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