Correlates of care seeking for infertility treatment in Europe: Implications for health services and research

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-20

  Olsen, Jørn ^a,b   Basso, Olga ^c   Spinelli, Angela ^d   Küppers Chinnow, Marion ^e   Juul, Svend ^a   Karmaus, Wilfried ^a   Fletcher, Tony ^a   Bolumar, Francisco ^a   Figá Talamanca, Irena ^a   Thonneau, Patrick ^a   Pantelakis, Stephanos ^a  

^a University of Aarhus ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e NORDIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Care seeking; Infertility; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NULLIPARA; POLAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

EID: 6844250775     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/8.1.15     Document Type: Article

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