Attitude to sperm donation among medical students in Enugu, South-Eastern Nigeria

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-99

  Onah, H E ^a,b   Agbata, T A ^a   Obi, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Enugu; Medical students; Nigeria; Sperm donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; CHRISTIAN; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFERTILITY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; NIGERIA; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPERM DONOR; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; MALE; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SPERMATOZOA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 38949084639     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610701811928     Document Type: Article

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