Should men and women be encouraged to start childbearing at a younger age?

Expert Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-147

  Schmidt, Lone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; AWARENESS; CHILDLESSNESS; CONCEPTION; EDITORIAL; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 77949370576     PISSN: 17474108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eog.09.77     Document Type: Editorial

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