Infertility among couples in a population-based study in Iran: Prevalence and associated risk factors

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-314

  Safarinejad, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidemiological study; Infertility; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILDLESSNESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRYPTORCHISM; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALPINGITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARICOCELE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SALPINGITIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 43249101638     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2007.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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