Differences in quality of life between infertile women and men in Turkey

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-198

  Bolsoy, Nursen ^a   Taspinar, Ayten ^b   Kavlak, Oya ^a   Sirin, Ahsen ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Infertile men; Infertile women; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951165110     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2010.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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