Medical and socio-cultural aspects of infertility in the Middle East

Human Reproduction

Volumn 2008, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-41

  Serour, G I ^a,b  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b The Egyptian IVF Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ART; Infertility; Medical; Middle East; Socio cultural

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE INFERTILITY; MIDDLE EAST; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RELIGION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 47249125673     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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