Infertile Japanese women's perception of positive and negative social interactions within their social networks

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2737-2743

  Akizuki, Yuri ^a,b   Kai, Ichiro ^b  

^a SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infertile women; Negative social interaction; Positive social interaction; Qualitative study; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; JAPANESE; PATIENT COUNSELING; REPRODUCTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRESS;

EID: 56749154748     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den326     Document Type: Article

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