Sociocultural impediments to male factor infertility evaluation in rural South-east Nigeria

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-326

  Umeora, O U J ^a,b,c   Ejikeme, B N ^a,b   Sunday Adeoye, I ^a   Umeora, M C ^a  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^b St Vincent's Hospital   (Nigeria)

^c NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Barrier; Culture; Evaluation; Infertility; Offspring; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FEAR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RITUAL; RURAL AREA; SEMINAL PLASMA; SOCIAL CLASS; SPERM; WITCHCRAFT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 45749120377     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610802044908     Document Type: Article

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