Psychological distress among men suffering from couple infertility in South Africa: A quantitative assessment

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2821-2826

  Dyer, Silke ^a   Lombard, Carl ^b   Van Der Spuy, Zephne ^a  

^a Department of Biomedical Sciences   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Infertility; Men; Psychological distress; Quantitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARANOIA; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOMATIZATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70350517952     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep278     Document Type: Article

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