Characteristics of men willing to act as sperm donors in the context of identity-release legislation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 266-272

  Riggs, Damien W ^a   Russell, Laura ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; identity release legislation; motivations; sperm donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SPERM DONOR;

EID: 78650695964     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq314     Document Type: Article

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