Perceptions of women's infertility: what do physicians see?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1066-1073

  Ceballo, Rosario ^a   Abbey, Antonia ^b   Schooler, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; gender; infertility; physicians; race; social class

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77049124582     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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