Older single mothers assisted by sperm donation and their children

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2784-2791

  Weissenberg, R ^b   Landau, R ^a   Madgar, I ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Donor insemination; Israel; IVF; Single mothers; Sperm donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDBIRTH; CONCEPTION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE PARENT; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SPERM DONOR;

EID: 34548822991     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem250     Document Type: Article

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