Attitudes and intention to donate oocytes for research

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1080-1087

  Purewal, Satvinder ^a   van den Akker, Olga ^a,b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attitudes; infertility; Oocyte donation; stem cell research; theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFERTILITY; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OOCYTE DONATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD REARING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTENTION; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYTE DONATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249162813     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.11.021     Document Type: Article

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