The problem of infertility in high fertility populations: Meanings, consequences and coping mechanisms in two Nigerian communities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2061-2068

  Hollos, Marida ^a   Larsen, Ulla ^b   Obono, Oka ^c   Whitehouse, Bruce ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community study; Differential treatment; Infertility; Nigeria; Socio economic context; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFERTILITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILDLESSNESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOGRAPHY; FATHER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NIGERIA; PARENT; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; SOCIAL CLASS;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 65749105464     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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