Beliefs of subfertile Saudi women

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-427

  Al Jaroudi, Dania H ^a  

^a Women's Specialized Hospital Riyadh   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL BELIEF; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ARAB; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INFERTILITY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUPERSTITION;

ADULT; ARABS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; ISLAM; MEDICINE, ARABIC; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SAUDI ARABIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPERSTITIONS;

EID: 77956041721     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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