'Are you asking me if we had sex to conceive?' To whom do parents of twins disclose mode of conception and what do they feel about being asked?

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 886-891

  Raj, Supriya ^a   Morley, Ruth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; GAMETE; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS;

ATTITUDE; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; VICTORIA;

EID: 37349073874     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.6.886     Document Type: Article

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