Quality of life and influencing factors among infertile women

Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 25-31

  Amanati, Louiz ^a   Allami, Mahlegha ^b   Shokrabi, Sholeh ^b   Haghani, Hamid ^c   Ramazanzade, Fatemeh ^d  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Vali e asr Fertility Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Infertility; Influencing factors; Quality of life; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; PARENTHOOD; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 77953347470     PISSN: 16802993     EISSN: 20082363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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