Preconception sex selection: A survey of visitors to an internet-based health forum

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 18-26

  Himmel, Wolfgang ^a   Dahl, E ^b   Michelmann, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitude; Fertilization; Infertility; Internet; Questionnaires; Sex preselection; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERNET; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX LIMITATION; SEX RATIO; SEX SELECTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 41049096233     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60395-1     Document Type: Article

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